brm_342267 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 1 400.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,64 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Revers historiquement important. Patine marron foncé, légèrement granuleuse
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERA-T-OR -ORBI/ -|-// R(COURONNE)P.
Reverse description : Constantin galopant à droite, vêtu militairement, brandissant une haste transversale et transperçant un lion à droite, tournant la tête à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Liberator Orbi”, (Libérateur du monde).
Commentary
Poids léger. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les différents ouvrages généraux. Il n’est repris dans aucun ouvrage en dehors du Cohen (vol. VIII, Paris, 1888, p.265, n° 317 (30f. or) soit le prix d’un solidus.
Lightweight. This type seems much rarer than the various general works suggest. It is not included in any work outside of Cohen (vol. VIII, Paris, 1888, p.265, no. 317 (30f. gold) or the price of a solidus
Lightweight. This type seems much rarer than the various general works suggest. It is not included in any work outside of Cohen (vol. VIII, Paris, 1888, p.265, no. 317 (30f. gold) or the price of a solidus
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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