brm_361608 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Constantin Ier. Joli buste de Mars au revers. Patine marron foncé
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Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MARTI CONSERVATORI.
Reverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Mars à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*5).
Reverse translation : “Marti Conservatori”, (A Mars le protecteur).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges larges. Petit pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule. Casque décoré et fleuronné, orné d’une étoile à huit rais.
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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