brm_249316 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 40.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313-315
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 20 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince et large, bien centré. Beau portrait. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin à droite Ier drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI IN-V-I-CTO COMITI/ -|-// [.]ARL.
Reverse description : Sol (Le Soleil) radié à demi nu, debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au Compagnon le Soleil Invincible).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse lisse. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges fines. Lettre d’officine pas visible.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Smooth breastplate. Studded shoulder guard. Thin pteryges. No pharmacy letter visible.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Smooth breastplate. Studded shoulder guard. Thin pteryges. No pharmacy letter visible.
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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