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brm_350913 - CONSTANTIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête de Constance Ier. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constance Ier auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Constantius Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur césar Constance pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART/ H|-// A.
Reverse description : Carthage drapée, debout de face, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant des fruits dans chaque main.
Reverse translation : "Saluis Augustoribus et Caesaribus Felicitas Karthago", (La bienheureuse Carthage pour le salut des césars et des augustes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées.
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS I
(03/1/293-07/25/306)
Augustus
Constantius became Caesar on March 1, 293 at the same time as Galerius. Constance, who became august in 305, went to Brittany to fight the Picts. He died in York as Septimius Severus on July 25, 306. Constantine had had time to join him, despite Galerius' ban. Constantine struck an important coinage of consecration then restitution in his memory.
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