v21_3468 - CONSTANTIUS I Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 306
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia (Sisak)
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large. Beau portrait. Revers inhabituel. Patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constance Ier Chlore à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CON-SERVAT/ -|VI// SISA.
Reverse description : Jupiter nicéphore debout à gauche, nu, le manteau sur l'épaule, tenant une victoriola de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori”, (À Jupiter conservateur).
Commentary
Sans argenture.
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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