brm_390475 - CONSTANTIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 300-303
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,77 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire bien centré sur un flan ovale. Joli portrait et très beau revers de style fin. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constance Ier Chlore à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Constantius Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Constance très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR// PT..
Reverse description : Moneta (la Monnaie) debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Sacra Moneta Augustorum et Cæsarum Nostrorum", (La Monnaie sacrée de nos augustes et de nos césars).
Commentary
Poids léger. Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées.
Lightweight. With its superficial silvering. Type 2 ribbons with pelleted ends
Lightweight. With its superficial silvering. Type 2 ribbons with pelleted ends
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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