E-auction 186-118336 - brm_325610 - CONSTANTIUS I Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 65 € |
| Price : | 33 € |
| Maximum bid : | 36 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 November 2016 14:12:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,08 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large. Exemplaire bien centré à l’usure régulière. Beau revers. 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 Puis Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES MILITVM AVGG ET CAESS NN//AQS.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) debout de face tournée à gauche tenant deux enseignes militaires.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum Augustorum et Caesarum nostrorum”, (La Fidélité militaire de nos augustes et césars).
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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