E-auction 124-66099 - brm_181834 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 35 € |
| Price : | 19 € |
| Maximum bid : | 22 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 August 2015 15:15:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 321-323
Mint name / Town : Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,43 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Joli portrait. Beau revers. Patine noire, sombre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Flavius Valerius Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Flavien Valère Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONS-ERVATORI/ -|X/IIM//SMH.
Reverse description : Jupiter nicéphore nu, debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche ; à gauche, un aigle debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, tenant une couronne dans son bec ; à droite, un captif assis à droite, les mains liées dans le dos.
Reverse legend : G
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori”, (À Jupiter conservateur).
Commentary
Poids léger. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare pour Constantin Ier 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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