v13_1160 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
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Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 09/311-été 312
Mint name / Town : Bretagne, Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Portrait inhabituel. Patine vert olive foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P AV-G.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une haste de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche (E*).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Pius Augustus”, (Constantin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MARTI CO-NSERVATORI/ *|-// PLN.
Reverse description : Mars, casqué, vêtu militairement debout à droite, tenant une haste renversée de la main droite et appuyé sur un bouclier de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Marti Conservatori”, (À Mars protecteur).
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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