E-auction 605-577301 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 314-315
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,99 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Usure importante mais exemplaire parfaitement identifiable
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire n° 923 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Pius Augustus", (Constantin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO - POP ROM/ S|P// MSL.
Reverse description : Génie du Peuple romain tourelé, nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du peuple romain).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Type rarissime avec un seul exemplaire recensé, au musée de Vienne.
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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