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brm_354594 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 100.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: début
Date: 308
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Revers inhabituel. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (Constantin pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSER - VRB SVAE/ -|-// TT.
Reverse description : Temple hexastyle de Rome posé sur trois degrés avec fronton triangulaire ; au centre une statue de Rome assise de face, tournée à gauche, tenant un globe et un sceptre long.
Reverse translation : "Conservatores Urbis Suæ", (Les protecteurs de leur ville).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées. Au revers, le fronton du temple est richement décoré avec des acrotères. Ce type semble 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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