brm_411013 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: mars-mai
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : billon
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,12 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire avec une usure marquée mais qui reste en bel état, avec un beau buste ! Patine vert foncé
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Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C 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 Cæsar Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI IN-VI-CTO COMITI/ -|-// PARL.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié à demi nu, marchant à gauche, le manteau flottant levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au Compagnon le Soleil invincible).
Commentary
Poids léger. Revers de l’émission inaugurale de l’atelier d’Arles, frappé au 1/72 L. (poids théorique 4,51 g) au début de l’année 313 avant la réforme monétaire qui abaissa le poids du nummus au 1/96 L. Daté de 313, la fabrication de ce type peut être placée entre les mois de mars et de mai. La réforme du monnayage de cuivre intervient avant l’été entre mai et juin 313 et est marqué aussi par la disparition de Maximin II du monnayage occidental. Cette époque est encore mal connue et mériterait une étude de fonds permettant de combler les vides du Roman Imperial Coinage des volumes VI et VII.
Lightweight. Reverse of the inaugural issue of the Arles workshop, struck at 1/72 L. (theoretical weight 4.51 g) at the beginning of the year 313 before the monetary reform which lowered the weight of the nummus to 1/96 L. Dated 313, the manufacture of this type can be placed between the months of March and May. The reform of copper coinage took place before the summer between May and June 313 and was also marked by the disappearance of Maximin II from Western coinage. This period is still poorly known and deserves a comprehensive study to fill in the gaps in the Roman Imperial Coinage of volumes VI and VII
Lightweight. Reverse of the inaugural issue of the Arles workshop, struck at 1/72 L. (theoretical weight 4.51 g) at the beginning of the year 313 before the monetary reform which lowered the weight of the nummus to 1/96 L. Dated 313, the manufacture of this type can be placed between the months of March and May. The reform of copper coinage took place before the summer between May and June 313 and was also marked by the disappearance of Maximin II from Western coinage. This period is still poorly known and deserves a comprehensive study to fill in the gaps in the Roman Imperial Coinage of volumes VI and VII
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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