brm_602871 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,53 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine vert foncé
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
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 : SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI/ M|F// ARLP.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié à demi nu, le manteau sur l’épaule, debout à droite, tournée à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil invincible).
Commentary
Poids très légerRubans de type 3. Type rare avec 7 exemplaires recensés par Philippe Ferrando dont quatre en musées. Cet exemplaire est illustré dans le mémoire d’A.-M. Schmitt-Cadet.
Very light weight Type 3 ribbons. Rare type with 7 examples listed by Philippe Ferrando including four in museums. This example is illustrated in the memoir of A.-M. Schmitt-Cadet
Very light weight Type 3 ribbons. Rare type with 7 examples listed by Philippe Ferrando including four in museums. This example is illustrated in the memoir of A.-M. Schmitt-Cadet
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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