brm_411721 - CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 336-337
Mint name / Town : Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,11 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, court sur les légendes, en particulier la marque d’exergue au revers. Beau buste de Constantinople. Joli revers Patine marron foncé
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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 : “Constantinopoli”, (De Constantinople).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [GLOR]- IA EXERC-ITVS/ -|-//.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste renversée et un bouclier au milieu, un étendard.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La Gloire de l’armée).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Hybride associant un droit de Constantinople à un revers de Constantin Ier ou de ses fils. C’est la première fois que nous proposons un nummus de ce type pour l’atelier d’Héraclée.
Very light weight. Hybrid combining a right of Constantinople with a reverse of Constantine I or his sons. This is the first time we have offered a nummus of this type for the Heraclea mint.
Very light weight. Hybrid combining a right of Constantinople with a reverse of Constantine I or his sons. This is the first time we have offered a nummus of this type for the Heraclea mint.
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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