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v61_0252 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus AU
MONNAIES 61 (2014)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,96 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait de Constantin Ier et superbe buste de Sol. Patine grise aux reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :

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 : SOLI INVI-CTO 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 le Soleil invaincu).

Commentary


Rubans de type 3. Cuirasse lisse. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges larges. Le revers rappelle le buste de Sol du "Pacator Orbis" de Postume. Avec ces types de bustes, une attribution à l’atelier de Ticinum est envisageable.

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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