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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 29 January 2019 15:03:12 |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 301
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Magnifique portrait de style fin. Métal très légèrement piqué à 12h au revers mais belle représentation de la Monnaie. Patine gris foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Alain Poinsignon (Strasbourg)
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constance Ier César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Constantius Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Constance très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR/ -|V// AQ.
Reverse description : Moneta (la Monnaie) debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse legend : G.
Reverse translation : "Sacra Moneta Augustorum et Caesarum Nostrorum", (Monnaie sacrée de nos augustes et de nos césars).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2.
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS I
(03/1/293-07/25/306)
Caesar
Constantius became Caesar on March 1, 293, at the same time as Galerius. He is the Caesar subordinate to Maximian while his colleague is to Diocletian. This is Tetrarchy. Constance is linked to Herculean parentage. He divorces Helen to marry Theodora, Maximian's daughter-in-law, while Galerius marries Galéria Valéria, daughter of Diocletian1/03/293-1/05/305.
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