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| Estimate : | 145 € |
| Price : | 30 € |
| Maximum bid : | 31 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 January 2023 14:53:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,11 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan centré à l’usure importante lisible et identifiable. Patine granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constance Ier auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (l’empereur césar Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HERCVLI -VICTORI/ S|(GAMMA)/ P// ALE.
Reverse description : Hercule nu debout de face, la tête tournée à gauche, appuyé de sa main droite sur sa massue posée verticalement et trois pommes de la main gauche, la léonté posée sur le bras.
Reverse legend : G
Reverse translation : “Herculi Victori”, (À Hercule victorieux).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Semble taillé au 1/48 L. plutôt qu’au 1/32 L.
Very light weight. Appears to be sized at 1/48 L rather than 1/32 L.
Very light weight. Appears to be sized at 1/48 L rather than 1/32 L.
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS I
(03/1/293-07/25/306)
Augustus
Constantius became Caesar on March 1, 293 at the same time as Galerius. Constance, who became august in 305, went to Brittany to fight the Picts. He died in York as Septimius Severus on July 25, 306. Constantine had had time to join him, despite Galerius' ban. Constantine struck an important coinage of consecration then restitution in his memory.
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