E-auction 347-261095 - brm_556603 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 42 € |
| Maximum bid : | 46 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 December 2019 14:27:30 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,42 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite (B*) avec le vêtement richement décoré.
Obverse translation : (”Constantinus Pius Fleix Augustus”, Constantin Pieux et Heureux Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO A-VGVSTI/ -|G // SMN.
Reverse description : Génie nu et tourelé debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule, tenant une patère de la main droite dont le liquide se déverse et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, à ses pieds, un autel allumé.
Reverse translation : “Genio Augusti”, (Au Génie de l'Auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Buste cuirassé richement décoré donnant l’impression d’un buste consulaire. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons 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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