v21_3561 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus VF

MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 385.00 €

Type : Follis ou nummus

Date: 308-309

Mint name / Town : Égypte, Alexandrie (Alexandria)

Metal : copper

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 6,64 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 1re

Emission: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible des deux côtés. Patine vert foncé. Frappe molle au revers

Catalogue references :

C.185 (20f.) - RIC.99 b - RC.3844 (75£) - MRK.136 /51 (500€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : FL VAL CONSTANTINVS FIL AVG.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).

Obverse translation : "Flavius Valerius Filius Augusti", (Flavien Valère Constantin fils de l’auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : .GENIO CA-ESARIS/ K|A/P// ALE.

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).

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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