v21_3574 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 314-315
Mint name / Town : Émilie, Ticinum (Pavie)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale. Beau revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin 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 : MARTI CON-S-ERVATORI/ *|-// P.T.
Reverse description : Mars casqué debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant une haste renversée de la main droite et s'appuyant sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Marti Conservatori”, (À Mars le Protecteur).
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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