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Live auction - brm_432282 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus AU
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Estimate : 750 €
Price : 2 300 €
Maximum bid : 2 300 €
End of the sale : 13 June 2017 15:00:48
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,43 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan large et irrégulier avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait de Constantin Ier. Revers tout à fait exceptionnel. Patine gris foncé avec reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du trésor de Chitry, n° 613

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 arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus" (L'empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VIRT CONST-ANTINI AVG/ T|F// PLG.
Reverse description : L’Empereur casqué, vêtu militairement debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite un globe nicéphore et une javeline de la main gauche, appuyé sur son bouclier ; à ses pieds, un captif assis à gauche, la tête tournée à droite.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Constantini Augusti” (La Virilité de Constantin auguste).

Commentary


Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Revers tout à fait exceptionnel. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du British Museum, B. 549, pl. LXII. C’est le second exemplaire recensé. De la plus grande rareté.

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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