brm_608626 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316-317
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,33, g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, un peu court sur les légendes. Beau buste de Constantin Ier de haut relief. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron avec des reflets métalliques. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
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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 et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
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
Poids léger. Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges larges. Pour ce type, P. Ferrando a recensé 9 exemplaires dont huit en musées.
Lightweight. With its superficial silvering. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Studded shoulder pad. Large pteryga. For this type, P. Ferrando identified 9 examples including eight in museums
Lightweight. With its superficial silvering. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Studded shoulder pad. Large pteryga. For this type, P. Ferrando identified 9 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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