brm_318575 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 35.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: fin 315 - début 316
Date: 315-316
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,03 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré, un peu court sur les légendes. Beau portrait de Constantin Ier. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Georges Danicourt (Toulouse) en 1997 et de la collection D. R
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier auguste à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INV-IC-TO COMITI/ A|S// PLG.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, nu le manteau sur l’épaule, debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (À notre compagnon Sol invaincu).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse lisse ornée de trois globules. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges larges.
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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