Live auction - brm_505544 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus AU

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Estimate :	180 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	30 October 2018 15:09:07

Type : Follis ou nummus

Date: 316

Mint name / Town : Arles

Metal : copper

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,65 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 3e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Constantin Ier. Petite faiblesse de frappe sur Sol. Belle patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

AMA.93 (15 ex.) - F.209 - RIC.102 - EMA.8 /5.3 - AMSC.442 (10 ex.)

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P

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 : SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI/ M|F// ARL.

Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié à demi nu, le manteau sur l’épaule, debout à droite, tournée à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.

Reverse legend : G.

Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil invincible).