Live auction - brm_432286 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 310 € |
| Maximum bid : | 545 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 June 2017 15:01:51 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313-315
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 20 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,29 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et épais bien centré à l’usure superficielle. Revers inhabituel. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du trésor de Chitry, n° 2154
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP 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 Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MARTI CO-N-SERVATORI// -|-// TARL.
Reverse description : Mars casqué, vêtu militairement marchant à droite, tenant une javeline transversale de la main droite et un trophée reposant sur l’épaule gauche.
Reverse translation : “Marti Conservatori”, (À Mars conservateur).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Complètement inédit et non répertorié. Seulement recensé dans l’ouvrage de P. Ferrando sur l’atelier d’Arles.
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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