E-auction 611-589179 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316-317
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire quasi SUP mais importante faiblesse de frappe
Predigree :
Exemplaire n° 2478 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI IN-VI-CTO COMITI/ -|-// RP.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, nu, debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche ; à ses pieds à gauche, un captif assis à gauche, coiffé d’un bonnet, les mains liés dans le dos.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil Invincible).
Commentary
Poids léger. Ce type avec le captif aux pieds de Sol semble beaucoup plus rare.
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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