brm_1029756 - CONSTANTIUS I Follis ou nummus

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Type : Follis ou nummus

Date: 307-308

Mint name / Town : Ticinum

Metal : copper

Diameter : 25 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 6,60 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 3e

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Joli buste. Patine foncée

Catalogue references :

C.171 (1f.) - RIC.97 - RC.3688 var. (65£) - MRK.- - RCV.15068 (200$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVO CONSTANTIO AVG.

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

Obverse translation : “Divo Constantio Augusto”, (Au divin Constance auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : MEMORIA DIV-I CONSTANTI/ -|-// TT.

Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite, les ailes déployées, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant une couronne dans son bec, placé au-dessus d'un petit temple à coupole ronde dont les deux portes décorées sont fermées.

Reverse translation : “Memoria Divi Constanti”, (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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