brm_797339 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou Nummus
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Type : Follis ou Nummus
Date: 319
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,59 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan idéalement centré. Joli buste et les deux Victoires bien reconnaissables au revers. Patine gris-vert, usée
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTAN-TINVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et casqué de Constantin à droite, avec cuirasse, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus", (Constantin Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP// PLN.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout face à face posant un bouclier sur un cippe ou une colonne sur lequel on lit : VOT/PR..
Reverse translation : “Victoriæ Lætæ Principium Perpetuæ/ Vota Populi Romani”, (À la victoire heureuse et durable du prince/ Vœux du peuple romain).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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