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E-auction 16-4166 - brm_115974 - CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 43 € |
| Maximum bid : | 55 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 August 2013 15:25:30 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 331
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,77 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Jolie patine vert olive foncé. Revers de haut relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINOPOLI.
Obverse description : Buste de Constantinople casquée, laurée, drapée et cuirassée à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, avec le sceptre sur l'épaule (D*2).
Obverse translation : “Constantinopolis”, (de Constantinople).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE// SMKE.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout de face tournée à gauche sur une proue de navire, les ailes déployées, tenant un sceptre transversal de la main droite et appuyée sur un bouclier de la main gauche.
Commentary
Poids lourd. Pour ce type, il y a deux variétés de buste casqué, lauré ou diadémé. Sur notre exemplaire, le casque est lauré.
Heavyweight. For this type, there are two varieties of helmeted bust, laureate or diademed. On our example, the helmet is laureate
Heavyweight. For this type, there are two varieties of helmeted bust, laureate or diademed. On our example, the helmet is laureate
Historical background
CONSTANTINOPOLIS
(330-348)
After the capture of Rome on October 28, 312, Constantine did not stay in the capital. He moved to Arles, which almost became the new capital of the Empire. After 324 and the victory over Licinius, Constantine decided to build a new capital on the borders of Europe and Asia, on the banks of the Bosphorus, resurrecting ancient Byzantium. Rome is already no longer in Rome and Constantinople has not yet been born. Constantin dedicates his new Christian capital in May 330. It will be the new Rome. The old senatorial aristocracy never forgives him. The end of Rome, if not the Roman Empire, has just begun.
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