Live auction - brm_456271 - CONSTANTIUS I Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 31 October 2017 15:16:16 |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 299-303
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,96 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier avec un superbe revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection M.P.
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constance Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Constantius Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Constance très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART/ -|-//.
Reverse description : Carthage debout de face, détournant la tête à gauche, drapée, tenant des fruits dans chaque main (raisins et olives).
Reverse legend : G.
Reverse translation : “Salvis Augustoris et Cæsaribus Felici Karthago”, (À Carthage heureuse, les deux augustes et les deux césars bien portants).
Commentary
Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées.
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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