Live auction - brm_1144765 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Live starting : Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: début
Date: 308
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,55 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus” (Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS PER-PETVA AVG/ -|-//TT.
Reverse description : Hercule nu debout à droite, tourné à gauche, étranglant le lion de Némée ; à ses pieds, posée verticalement, la massue.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Perpetua Augusti” (La Virilité perpétuelle de l’auguste).
Commentary
Revers tout à fait exceptionnel pour le monnayage de Constantin Ier.
A truly exceptional reverse for the coinage of Constantine I
A truly exceptional reverse for the coinage of Constantine I
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(07/25/306-05/22/337)
Caesar
Constantine was proclaimed august on the death of his father in York in 306. In order not to offend Galerius and Severus, he contented himself with the title of Caesar recognized by Galerius, who had become "Senior Augustus". Constantine controls Gaul and Brittany. He resumed the title of august on December 25, 307 after having married Fausta, the daughter of Maximien Hercule.
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