E-auction 599-565595 - brm_265254 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 115 € |
| Maximum bid : | 125 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 October 2024 14:13:40 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313-314
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 4,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré. Très beau portrait de Constantin Ier. Joli revers de style fin. Patine marron glacé avec des reflets métalliques
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en mars 1987
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL VALER CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier Auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Flavius Valerius Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Flavien Valère Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO - POP-V-L-I ROMANI/ */N/(PALME)|(DELTA)/(COURONNE)// ALE.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) coiffé du modius, debout à gauche, à demi nu, tenant une tête de Sérapis, barbu coiffé du modius de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ce type avec la tête de Sérapis est moins courant. Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. De la plus insigne rareté. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. Cette monnaie frappée en 312 avec cette légende est une aberration !.
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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