brm_487280 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 310-311
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,79 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Patine grise. Usure régulière sur l’ensemble de la monnaie. Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire n°503 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/ F|T// PLG.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, nu le manteau sur l’épaule, 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
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. La cuirasse est à peine visible sous le paludamentum. Au revers les lettres dans le champ F|T pourraient être les initiales de “Felicitas Temporum” pour la Félicité du temps.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. The armor is barely visible under the paludamentum. On the reverse the letters in the F|T field could be the initials of “Felicitas Temporum” for the Felicity of Time
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. The armor is barely visible under the paludamentum. On the reverse the letters in the F|T field could be the initials of “Felicitas Temporum” for the Felicity of Time
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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