Live auction - brm_489624 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 55 € |
| Maximum bid : | 75 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 May 2024 14:51:48 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313-314
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,22 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise. Monnaie qui présente un très beau buste de Constantin, malgré une faiblesse de frappe à 6h. Revers beaucoup plus marqué par les traces de circulation mais il est parfaitement lisible
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire n°849 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant avec un lance sur l’épaule droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche (E*3).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/ S|F //PLN.
Reverse description : Sol nu et radié debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (À notre compagnon Sol invaincu).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Casque orné de volutes. Visière ornée de trois globules posés en triangle. Couvre nuque . Cuirasse cloutée. Bouclier clouté. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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