brm_354860 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Price : 200.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,18 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire idéalement centré sur un flan ovale et épais. Joli portrait et beau revers fin. Patine verte
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Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRI-TAS AVGG/ *|-// PLN.
Reverse description : Securitas drapée, debout à droite, la main droite levée, le bras gauche reposant sur une colonne.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Augustorum", (La Sécurité des augustes).
Commentary
Type parmi les plus rares du monnayage de Constantin Ier ! Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges larges.
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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