brm_896348 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,49 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie bien centré. Au droit, un beau buste finement détaillé. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI (COURONNE)|(CROISSANT)// RS.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) debout de face, tourné à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, levant la main droite et tenant un globe nicéphore de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti Dominus Noster”, (Au compagnon le Soleil invincible notre seigneur).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
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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