brm_595146 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 315-316
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan parfaitement centré. Très beau buste de Constantin Ier. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine marron
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Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI IN-VI-CTO COMITI/ T|F/ *|-// PARL.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié à demi nu, le manteau sur l’épaule, debout à droite, tournée à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche ; le drapé est flottant.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil invincible).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges larges sous le paludamentum. Émission rare avec le drapé flottant au revers. Type que nous présentons pour la troisième fois à la vente. Philippe Ferrando a recensé 13 exemplaires dont huit en musées.
Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Large pteryga under the paludamentum. Rare issue with the flowing drape on the reverse. Type that we are presenting for the third time for sale. Philippe Ferrando identified 13 examples including eight in museums
Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Large pteryga under the paludamentum. Rare issue with the flowing drape on the reverse. Type that we are presenting for the third time for sale. Philippe Ferrando identified 13 examples including eight in museums
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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