brm_975723 - CONSTANTIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 6,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Usure importante et des faiblesses. Le type reste identifiable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CONSTANTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constance Ier auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Constantius Pius Felix Augustus” (L’empereur césar Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES M-I-LITVM/ -|.// PT.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée, assise à gauche, tenant un sceptre de la main droite et une enseigne militaire de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum” (La Fidélité des soldats).
Commentary
Poids léger. Revers inhabituel.
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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