brm_488080 - 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 : 11 h.
Weight : 3,87 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement irrégulier mais bien centré des deux côtés. Patine gris foncé. Usure régulière sur l’ensemble de la monnaie
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire n°593 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : 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 : “Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/ S|F// PLC.
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
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Les lettres S|F pourraient être les initiales de “Sæculi Felicitas” pour la Félicité du siècle. C’est l’un des types les plus courants pour l’atelier de Lyon.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons. The letters S|F could be the initials of “Sæculi Felicitas” for the Felicity of the Century. It is one of the most common types for Lyon workshop
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons. The letters S|F could be the initials of “Sæculi Felicitas” for the Felicity of the Century. It is one of the most common types for Lyon workshop
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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