Live auction - brm_491150 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 1 050 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 14:59:08 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316-317
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,06 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire au buste de toute beauté. Revers incroyable avec un visage de face parfaitement visible et d’une qualité exceptionnelle. Patine grise aux reflets métalliques
Predigree :
Exemplaire n°1061 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus” (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/ T|F// BTR.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié à demi nu, debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti” (Au compagnon, le Soleil Invincible).
Commentary
Suite à la restauration de la monnaie, nous pouvons corriger le classement de Vincent Drost, puisque nous voyons désormais clairement qu’il s’agit de la deuxième officine et non de la première. De plus, Sol n’a pas la tête tournée à gauche et est de face. S’il est connu pour certains ateliers, ce type bien particulier avec la tête de face semble totalement inédit pour Trèves ! Monnaie de la plus grande rareté et du plus grand intérêt numismatique.
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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