v27_0395 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 27 (2006)
Starting price : 60.00 €
Estimate : 90.00 €
Realised price : 100.00 €
Number of bids : 7
Maximum bid : 100.00 €
Starting price : 60.00 €
Estimate : 90.00 €
Realised price : 100.00 €
Number of bids : 7
Maximum bid : 100.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 315
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,32 g.
Emission: 23e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage. portrait magnifique. Revers hiératique. Patine marron clair rehaussant les reliefs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier auguste à droite, avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/ T|F// 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 convergents : rubans descendant verticalement le long de la nuque (type 3). Cuirasse lisse pointée, décorée d’un motif central posé en triangle. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges larges. Au revers les lettres dans le champ T|F pourraient être les initiales de “Temporum Felicitas” pour les temps heureux. Nous n’avons pas noté de liaison de coin pertinente.
Converging ribbons: ribbons descending vertically along the nape of the neck (type 3). Smooth pointed cuirass, decorated with a central motif laid in a triangle. Studded shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. On the reverse, the letters in the T|F field could be the initials of “Temporum Felicitas” for happy times. We did not note any relevant corner bond.
Converging ribbons: ribbons descending vertically along the nape of the neck (type 3). Smooth pointed cuirass, decorated with a central motif laid in a triangle. Studded shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. On the reverse, the letters in the T|F field could be the initials of “Temporum Felicitas” for happy times. We did not note any relevant corner bond.
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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