v13_1207 - CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
Realised price : 60.98 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 187.51 €
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
Realised price : 60.98 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 187.51 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 330-333
Mint name / Town : Europe, Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Emission: 14e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine vert olive. Flan large et complet
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 : “Constantinopoli”, (À Constantinople).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE// .SMH.
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 .
Reverse legend : D
Commentary
La lettre de l’officine semble regravée : sous le delta, on semble voir un alpha.
The letter of the pharmacy seems re-engraved: under the delta, we seem to see an alpha
The letter of the pharmacy seems re-engraved: under the delta, we seem to see an alpha
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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