Live auction - brm_608216 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | no bid |
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| End of the sale : | 13 January 2026 15:49:12 |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316-317
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,18 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité pour ce type monétaire sur un flan un peu court sur les légendes avec une faiblesse de frappe dans la chevelure de Constantin Ier au droit et au revers. Patine marron glacé avec des reflets métalliques dorés
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Predigree :
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 INVI-CTO COMITI/ C|S// 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.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil invincible).
Commentary
Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3. Pour ce type. P. Ferrando a recensé 97 exemplaires dont soixante-trois en musées.
With all of its surface silvering. Type 3 ribbons. For this type. P. Ferrando identified 97 examples including sixty-three in museums
With all of its surface silvering. Type 3 ribbons. For this type. P. Ferrando identified 97 examples including sixty-three 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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