brm_347816 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Demi-follis
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Type : Demi-follis
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,69 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré. Beau portrait. Revers inhabituel. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Constantin Ier à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FVNDA-T - PACIS/ -|-// RQ.
Reverse description : Mars casqué et nu, avançant à droite, regardant à gauche, un trophée sur l’épaule gauche, tirant un captif par les cheveux.
Reverse translation : “Fundator Pacis”, (Le fondateur de la paix).
Commentary
Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Revers inhabituel avec un rapport à la paix mais Mars qui tire un captif par les cheveux... C’est la première fois que nous proposons cette officine à la vente !.
Seems much rarer than general literature suggests. Unusual reverse with a relationship to peace but Mars pulling a captive by the hair... This is the first time that we are offering this pharmacy for sale!
Seems much rarer than general literature suggests. Unusual reverse with a relationship to peace but Mars pulling a captive by the hair... This is the first time that we are offering this pharmacy for sale!
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(07/25/306-05/22/337)
Augustus
Constantine was born in 274, son of Constance Chlore and Helena. He was named Caesar on the death of his father on July 25, 306 and was proclaimed august on December 25, 307. He married Fausta, the daughter of Maximien Hercule, who gave him five children, three of whom were augusts. The first twenty years of his reign are devoted to imposing himself as the main august against Maximian Hercules, Galerius, Maxentius, Maximin II and Licinius. He is recognized as the first Christian emperor, although baptized only on his deathbed on May 22, 337.
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