brm_1082109 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: printemps 310 - 311
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 4,65 g.
Coments on the condition:
Superbe follis bien centré et bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPI IV-VENTVTIS/ F|T// PLG.
Reverse description : Constantin Ier, vêtu militairement, debout à droite, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et un globe de la main gauche .
Reverse translation : “Principi Iuventutis” (Au prince de la jeunesse).
Commentary
Au revers les lettres dans le champ F|T pourraient être les initiales de “Felicitas Temporum” pour la Félicité du temps. Nous n’avons pas noté de liaison de coin pertinente.
On the reverse, the letters in the field F|T could be the initials of “Felicitas Temporum,” meaning the Felicity of Time. We have not noted any relevant corner linking.
On the reverse, the letters in the field F|T could be the initials of “Felicitas Temporum,” meaning the Felicity of Time. We have not noted any relevant corner linking.
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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