E-auction 174-108234 - brm_318523 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 35 € |
| Price : | 12 € |
| Maximum bid : | 31 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 August 2016 14:47:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 310-311
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,65 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait de Constantin Ier. Frappe molle au revers. Frappe un peu faible sur les légendes. Belle patine marron foncé légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Georges Danicourt (Toulouse) en 1997 et de la collection D. R
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapét cuirassé de Constantin Ier auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INV-I-C-TO COMITI/ F|T// PLG.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, nu le manteau sur l’épaule, debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil invincible).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. La cuirasse est à peine visible sous le paludamentum. Au revers les lettres dans le champ F|T pourraient être les initiales de “Felicitas Temporum” pour la Félicité du temps.
Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. The armor is barely visible under the paludamentum. On the reverse the letters in the F|T field could be the initials of “Felicitas Temporum” for the Felicity of Time
Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. The armor is barely visible under the paludamentum. On the reverse the letters in the F|T field could be the initials of “Felicitas Temporum” for the Felicity of Time
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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