brm_797984 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Price : 30.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,19 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré, frappe un peu molle au droit. Usure régulière. Buste bien reconnaissable de l’empereur, et un joli Sol au revers. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/ S|F// PLG.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, nu le manteau sur l’épaule, debout de face, la tête 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
Au revers les lettres dans le champ S|F pourraient être les initiales de “Sæculi Felicitas” pour le siècle de la Félicité.
On the reverse the letters in the field S|F could be the initials of “Sæculi Felicitas” for the century of Felicity
On the reverse the letters in the field S|F could be the initials of “Sæculi Felicitas” for the century of Felicity
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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