E-auction 610-587615 - CONSTANTIUS I Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
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Type : Demi-follis ou demi-nummus
Date: 317-318
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais et centré. Usure très importante au droit. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO PRINC.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, voilé et drapé de Claude II le Gothique à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (K*11).
Obverse translation : "Divo Constantio Pio Principio", (Au divin Constance prince pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MEMORIAE AETERNAE/ -|-// RP.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite, les ailes déployées, détournant la tête à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Memoriæ Æternæ”, (À la mémoire éternelle).
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS I
(+306)
Restitution of Constantinus I
Constance, father of Constantine I and husband of Helen, who became august in 305, went to Brittany to fight the Picts. He died in York as Septimius Severus, July 25, 306. His son Constantine, who was with him despite the prohibition of Galerius, was proclaimed Caesar. Subsequently, he often uses the image of his father for his benefit.
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