brm_723559 - CONSTANTIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Price : 80.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Léger tréflage au revers. Joli buste de Constance. Patine gris foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constance Ier auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constance pieux heureux auguste.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche nu, coiffé du modius, le manteau sur l'épaule, tenant de la main gauche une corne d'abondance et de la main droite une patère.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Ce type n’est frappé que jusqu’à la mort de Constance Ier survenue en Angleterre.
This type was only struck until the death of Constantius I in England.
This type was only struck until the death of Constantius I in England.
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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