MONNAIES 53 (2012)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316
Mint name / Town : Bretagne, Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,89 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait inhabituel de Constantin Ier. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine marron foncé. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*11).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Pius Augustus”, (Constantin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/ S|P// MSL.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, debout à gauche, nu, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tombant sur l’épaule, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil Invincible).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse lisse. Épaulière décorée. Petit pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule. Les lettres S-P pourraient être les initiales pour “Sacra Pecunia” (Monnaie sacrée).
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Smooth cuirass. Decorated shoulder guard. Small panel of paludamentum on the shoulder. The letters SP could be the initials for “Sacra Pecunia” (Sacred Money)
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Smooth cuirass. Decorated shoulder guard. Small panel of paludamentum on the shoulder. The letters SP could be the initials for “Sacra Pecunia” (Sacred Money)
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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