v34_0922 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 175.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 175.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 315-316
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type. Portrait fantastique. Revers de joli style. Magnifique patine gris foncé avec des reflets métalliques mordorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CON-SERVATORI/ -|(GAMMA)// .SIS..
Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout à gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche ; à ses pieds, un aigle tenant une couronne en son bec.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori”, (À Jupiter le protecteur).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(07/25/306-05/22/337)
Augustus
Constantine was born in 274, son of Constance Chlore and Helena. He was named Caesar on the death of his father on July 25, 306 and was proclaimed august on December 25, 307. He married Fausta, the daughter of Maximien Hercule, who gave him five children, three of whom were augusts. The first twenty years of his reign are devoted to imposing himself as the main august against Maximian Hercules, Galerius, Maxentius, Maximin II and Licinius. He is recognized as the first Christian emperor, although baptized only on his deathbed on May 22, 337.
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