brm_487631 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Price : 25.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,41 g.
Coments on the condition:
Patine gris foncé. La monnaie présente d’importantes concrétions, notamment au droit, mais l’exemplaire reste parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire n°525 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS 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 Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVI-CTO COMITI/ S|F// 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
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. La cuirasse est invisible sous le paludamentum. Au revers les lettres dans le champ S|F pourraient être les initiales de “Sæculi Felicitas” pour le siècle de la Félicité.
Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. The armor is invisible under the paludamentum. On the reverse the letters in the field S|F could be the initials of “Sæculi Felicitas” for the century of Felicity
Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. The armor is invisible under the paludamentum. 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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