v45_0701 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
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Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 310-312
Mint name / Town : Bretagne, Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,31 g.
Rarity : R3
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de haut relief de Constantin Ier. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Belle patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant avec une haste sur l’épaule droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche (E*).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Pius Augustus”, (Constantin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COMITI - AVGG NN/ -|* //PLN.
Reverse description : Sol nu et radié debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule, tenant un globe de la main droite et un fouet de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Comiti Augustorum Nostrorum”, (Le compagnon de nos augustes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Casque décoré et festonné. Cuirasse cloutée. Bouclier clouté.
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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