E-auction 93-48294 - brm_248208 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 65 € |
| Price : | 16 € |
| Maximum bid : | 16 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 January 2015 15:24:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 321-324
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,96 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Joli revers. Belle patine vert olive clair
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 Flavius Valerius Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONS-ERVATORI/ -|X/IIM// SMNB.
Reverse description : Jupiter nu, debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre surmonté d’un aigle de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, à gauche, un aigle debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, tenant une couronne dans son bec et à droite, un captif assis à droite, tournant la tête à gauche, les mains liées dans le dos.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori”, (À Jupiter le protecteur).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. C’est la deuxième fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente pour le deuxième officine de Nicomédie qui semble beaucoup plus rare 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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