E-auction 140-80070 - brm_304501 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 25 € |
| Price : | 9 € |
| Maximum bid : | 10 € |
| End of the sale : | 21 December 2015 14:27:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312-313
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,82 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Patine noire aux reflets métalliques
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur césar Constantin pieux heureux auguste.
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN// .TS.B..
Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout à gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un aigle.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori Augustorum Nostrorum”, (À Jupiter protecteur de nos augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Épaulière très particulière.
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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