brm_335135 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316-317
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,54 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et épais, bien centré au revers avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait de Constantin Ier et magnifique revers. Patine marron aux reflets métalliques
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVI-C-TO COMITI/ T|F // ATR.
Reverse description : Sol nu et radié debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (À notre compagnon Sol invaincu).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Au revers, la signification des lettres F|T n’est pas assurée, mais peut se traduire par “Temporum Felicitas” ou les temps heureux.
Very heavy weight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum. On the reverse, the meaning of the letters F|T is not certain, but could be translated as “Temporum Felicitas” or happy times
Very heavy weight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum. On the reverse, the meaning of the letters F|T is not certain, but could be translated as “Temporum Felicitas” or happy times
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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