brm_466719 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,88 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire exceptionnel de qualité avec un buste incroyable et un fantastique revers. Patine grise
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Predigree :
Exemplaire n°150 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus (Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO - POP ROM/ -|* // PLN.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche, nu, coiffé du modius, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani” (Au Génie du peuple romain).
Commentary
Buste inhabituel avec une cuirasse étonnamment décorée.
Unusual bust with a strikingly decorated breastplate
Unusual bust with a strikingly decorated breastplate
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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