v61_0251 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 61 (2014)
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 300.00 €
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 300.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 311
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,16 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers inhabituel. Patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus, (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES R-EIPVBL/ -|* //PLN.
Reverse description : Constantin à cheval à gauche, lauré, vêtu militairement, levant la main droite et tenant un sceptre de la gauche, un captif aux pieds du cheval.
Reverse translation : “Spes Reipublicae”, (La Santé du Bien public).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges larges. Revers inhabituel que nous présentons pour la première fois à la vente.
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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