E-auction 149-88022 - brm_182060 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 21 € |
| Maximum bid : | 24 € |
| End of the sale : | 22 February 2016 14:34:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 308-309
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,98 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante, mais exemplaire, parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine gris noir, granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS FIL AVGG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Filii Augustorum", (Constantin fils des augustes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO CA-ESARIS/ *|(DELTA)// .SM.TS..
Reverse description : Genius (Génie) nu jusqu'à la ceinture, coiffé du modius, debout à gauche, la chlamyde sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Cæsaris”, (Au Génie des césars).
Commentary
Type rare.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(07/25/306-05/22/337)
Filius Augustorum
Constantine I, proclaimed emperor on July 25, 306, preferred to content himself with the title of Caesar until December 25, 307, the date on which he became definitively august. Nevertheless, he was not recognized in the eastern part of the Empire. The Conference of Carnuntum, that of the last chance to save the Tetrarchy took place in November 308 under the rule of Diocletian who, for the occasion, had left his palace in Split. Maximien Hercule abdicated for the second time. Maxentius was declared a public enemy. Licinius, a friend of Galerius was promoted directly august. Maximin II, the oldest Caesar (appointed May 1, 305) and Constantine, already august, were retroceded to the rank of sons of the augusts. This unstable situation was not viable and the tetrarchic system established almost a quarter of a century earlier did not survive it..
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