brm_361609 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Quart de follis ou quart de nummus
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Quart de follis ou quart de nummus
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Revers inhabituel. Patine noire
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Alain Poinsignon et de la collection MG
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Constantin Ier à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SAPIENTIA PRINCIPIS/ -|-// RP.
Reverse description : Autel surmonté par une chouette, accosté d’une javeline transversale, un bouclier à gauche, un casque à droite.
Reverse translation : “Sapientia Principis”, (La Sagesse du prince).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les différents ouvrages généraux.
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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