brm_314580 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Price : 110.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan petit flan épais, ovale et irrégulier. Belle tête de Constantin Ier. Joli revers de style fin, un peu court sur la marque d’atelier. Belle patine marron foncé avec des reflets métalliques
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection F. de La Viuda
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Flavius Valerius Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Flavien Valère Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO - AVGVSTI/ *|A // ANT.
Reverse description : Génie nu, coiffé du modius, debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule, tenant une tête de Sol radiée de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Augusti”, (Au Génie de l'auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
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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