brm_535268 - CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 110.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: début
Date: 335
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Beau buste de frappe un peu molle. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
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Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS.
Obverse description : Buste de Constantinople casquée, 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/ (CHRISME)|-// PCONST.
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 ; dans le champ supérieur gauche, un chrisme.
Commentary
Poids léger. Casque et visière lisses. Grand collier. Magnifique chrisme au revers dans le champ à gauche. Le bouclier de Constantinople est orné d’un umbo central. Ce type est en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Lightweight. Smooth helmet and visor. Large collar. Magnificent chrism on the reverse in the left field. The shield of Constantinople is decorated with a central umbo. This type is actually much rarer than general works suggest.
Lightweight. Smooth helmet and visor. Large collar. Magnificent chrism on the reverse in the left field. The shield of Constantinople is decorated with a central umbo. This type is actually much rarer than general works suggest.
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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