Live auction - brm_851345 - CONSTANTIUS I Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 25 July 2023 15:49:00 |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 299-303
Mint name / Town : Afrique proconsulaire, Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 9,08 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli portrait. Revers agréable. Patine marron-vert
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constance Ier César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Constantius Nobilissimus Caesar”, (Constance très Noble César).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART//.
Reverse description : Carthage drapée, debout de face, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant des fruits dans chaque main.
Reverse legend : D.
Reverse translation : "Saluis Augustoribus et Caesaribus Felicitas Karthago", (la Bienheureuse Carthage pour le Salut des Césars et des Augustes).
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS I
(03/1/293-07/25/306)
Caesar
Constantius became Caesar on March 1, 293, at the same time as Galerius. He is the Caesar subordinate to Maximian while his colleague is to Diocletian. This is Tetrarchy. Constance is linked to Herculean parentage. He divorces Helen to marry Theodora, Maximian's daughter-in-law, while Galerius marries Galéria Valéria, daughter of Diocletian1/03/293-1/05/305.
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