brm_155351 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 65.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 310-311
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,20 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle avec un beau portrait et un revers bien venu à la frappe. Magnifique patine marron lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé de Constantin Ier auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*21).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/ F|T// PLG.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, nu le manteau sur l’épaule, debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil invincible).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. La cuirasse n’est pas visible sous le paludamentum, il pourrait donc s’agir d’un buste (A*21) drapé seulement. Au revers les lettres dans le champ F|T pourraient être les initiales de “Felicitas Temporum” pour la Félicité du temps.
Type 3 ribbons. The breastplate is not visible under the paludamentum, so it could be a draped bust (A*21) only. On the reverse the letters in the F|T field could be the initials of “Felicitas Temporum” for the Felicity of Time
Type 3 ribbons. The breastplate is not visible under the paludamentum, so it could be a draped bust (A*21) only. On the reverse the letters in the F|T field could be the initials of “Felicitas Temporum” for the Felicity of Time
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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