v36_1043 - CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 336
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Emission: 50e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier, centré des deux côtés, légèrement fendu au revers à 8 heures. Très beau portrait. Joli revers de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Magnifique patine marron chocolat
Catalogue references :
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 très léger. Rubans de type 3. Casque et visière lisses. Vêtement décoré. Au revers très beau chrisme. Bouclier de Constantinople orné d’un umbo central accosté de deux globules verticaux. Rare émission avec le chrisme. Ce type semble en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Very light weight. Type 3 ribbons. Smooth helmet and visor. Decorated garment. On the reverse, a very beautiful chrism. Shield of Constantinople decorated with a central umbo flanked by two vertical globules. Rare issue with the chrism. This type actually seems much rarer than general works suggest.
Very light weight. Type 3 ribbons. Smooth helmet and visor. Decorated garment. On the reverse, a very beautiful chrism. Shield of Constantinople decorated with a central umbo flanked by two vertical globules. Rare issue with the chrism. This type actually seems 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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