brm_122072 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Price : 30.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313-315
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large. Beau portrait. Patine vert olive. Frappe faible au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus" (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CON-SERVATORI/ -|(DELTA)// SIS.
Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout à gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche ; à ses pieds, un aigle tenant une couronne en son bec.
Reverse translation : "Iovi Conservatori" (A Jupiter conservateur).
Commentary
Flan très large pour un follis réduit après la réforme monétaire de 313.
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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