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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 111 € |
| Maximum bid : | 111 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 May 2024 14:55:40 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie présentant un très beau buste de Constantin ainsi qu’un joli revers. Patine gris foncé. Flan bien centré
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire n°1012 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé de Constantin Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A21).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MARTI CON-SERVATORI/ T|F// ATR.
Reverse description : Mars debout à droite, casqué, vêtu militairement, tenant de la main droite une haste renversée et appuyé de la gauche sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Marti Conservatori”, (À Mars conservateur).
Commentary
Poids léger. La monnaie, avec ce buste, n’est pas répertorié dans les ouvrages de référence et semble donc inédite. Cet exemplaire, suite à sa restauration, peut-être finalement classé différemment que dans l’étude de Vincent Drost dans Trésors Monétaires. En effet, le buste est seulement drapé et non pas cuirassé et drapé. Les deux lettres T|F pourraient se développer sous la forme “Temporum Felicitas”, (les temps heureux) .
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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