v32_0584 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 206.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 252.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 206.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 252.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 307
Mint name / Town : Vénitie et Istrie, Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Faiblesse de frappe au centre du revers. Patine marron foncé, légèrement poreuse au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Constantin très noble César).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS AV-GG ET CAESS NN/ -|-// AQ.
Reverse legend : G
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum et Cæsarum Nostrorum”, (La Virilité de nos augustes et de nos césars).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(07/25/306-05/22/337)
Caesar
Constantine was proclaimed august on the death of his father in York in 306. In order not to offend Galerius and Severus, he contented himself with the title of Caesar recognized by Galerius, who had become "Senior Augustus". Constantine controls Gaul and Brittany. He resumed the title of august on December 25, 307 after having married Fausta, the daughter of Maximien Hercule.
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