v61_0241 - CONSTANTIUS I Follis ou nummus

MONNAIES 61 (2014)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 375.00 €
Realised price : 355.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 460.00 €

Type : Follis ou nummus

Date: 307-308

Mint name / Town : Ticinum

Metal : copper

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 4 h.

Weight : 6,26 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Emission: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur flan ovale, parfaitement centré au droit. Beau portrait posthume de Constance Ier. Joli revers avec un temple bien venu. Très jolie patine grise aux reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

C.2 (8f.) - RIC.96

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVO CONSTANTIO AVG.

Obverse description : Tête voilée de Constance Ier Chlore à droite (K°).

Obverse translation : “Divo Constantio Augusti” (Le divin Constance auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : MEM DIVI - CONSTANTI/ -|-// ST.

Reverse description : Temple hexastyle à dôme circulaire surmonté d'une aigle debout à droite, tournant la tête à gauche, les portes entrouvertes.

Reverse translation : “Memoria Divi Constantius” (La mémoire du divin Constance).

Historical background

CONSTANTIUS I

(+ 306)

Restitution of Maxentius

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, on July 25, 306. His son, Constantine, who was with him despite Galerius' ban, was proclaimed Caesar. Subsequently, he often uses his father's image for his benefit. But he is not the only one. Maxence tries to recover his parent's image. Indeed, Constance Chlore married her half-sister Théodora for the second time..

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