Live auction - brm_479173 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 10 April 2018 15:26:07 |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: fin 315 - début 316
Date: 315-316
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier. Beau portrait particulier de Constantin Ier. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P
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/ A|S// 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”, (À notre compagnon Sol invaincu).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges fines. C’est l’avant-dernière émission de l’atelier de Lyon avant la fermeture temporaire de l’atelier pour une durée de deux ans.
Type 3 ribbons. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Thin pteryges. This is the penultimate issue from the Lyon workshop before the workshop's temporary closure for two years.
Type 3 ribbons. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Thin pteryges. This is the penultimate issue from the Lyon workshop before the workshop's temporary closure for two years.
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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