Live auction - brm_386050 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis

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Estimate :	400 €
Price :	280 €
Maximum bid :	280 €
End of the sale :	19 April 2016 14:43:44
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Follis

Date: 306-307

Mint name / Town : Ticinum

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 10,05 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie dans un état de conservation remarquable pour ce type rare. Très beau portrait et revers bien détaillé. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

C.676 - RIC.82 - RCV.15560 (350$)

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/ -|-// ST.

Reverse description : Constantin Ier César, vêtu militairement, galopant à droite, le manteau flottant au vent, brandissant une haste de la main droit et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche, terrassant deux guerriers au sol, dont l’un est armé.

Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum et Cæsarum Nostrorum” (La Virilité de nos augustes et de nos césars).