v41_1257 - CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 90.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Starting price : 90.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 331
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,05 g.
Officine: 1re
Emission: 34e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré au droit. Très beau portrait, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers. Belle patine marron foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS.
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// TRP..
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 très léger. Casque et couvre nuque lisses. Cuirasse lisse. Épaulière décorée. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux
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Very light weight. Smooth helmet and neck guard. Smooth cuirass. Decorated shoulder guard. This type appears to be much rarer than general works suggest.
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Very light weight. Smooth helmet and neck guard. Smooth cuirass. Decorated shoulder guard. This type appears to be 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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