v24_0695 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
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Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 311
Mint name / Town : Hellespont, Cyzique
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Patine marron foncé. Revers inhabituel pour Constantin
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Flavius Valerius Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (Flavien Valère Constantin pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONSER-VATORI AVGG// MKV.
Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un aigle debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, tenant une couronne dans son bec.
Reverse legend : G.
Reverse translation : "Iovi Conservatori Augustorum", (À Jupiter protecteur des Augustes).
Commentary
Début de cassure de coin, visible le long de la tempe.
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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