brm_354792 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 311-312
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan large et légèrement ovale, parfaitement centré des deux cotés. Superbes portraits. Jolie patine marron lissée
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite avec pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVICTO COMITI.
Reverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Sol à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (À notre compagnon Sol invaincu).
Commentary
Le revers rappelle le buste de Sol du "Pacator Orbis" de Postume. Ce follis est taillé au 1/72 L., c’est-à-dire avant 313 et les deux réformes monétaires successives. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse lisse. Épaulière bouletée. Ptéryges fines.
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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