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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 480 € |
| Maximum bid : | 485 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 March 2018 16:03:17 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: novembre 312 - mars 313
Date: 312-313
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,11 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Portrait particulier de Constantin Ier. Revers tout à fait exceptionnel et inhabituel. Belle patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Philippe Lacoste
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Caesar Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus" (L'empereur césar Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVI-C-TO COMITI/ -|-// RT.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, nu, debout à droite, la tête tournée à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, flottant de chaque côté, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil invincible).
Commentary
Magnifique buste finement détaillé. Semble complètement inédit et non recensé. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. Type de la plus insigne rareté que nous présentons pour la première fois 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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