E-auction 117-62827 - brm_337668 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | 234 € |
| Maximum bid : | 304 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 July 2015 15:50:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 315
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,18 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Constantin Ier inhabituel de haut relief. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert olive foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG COS IIII.
Obverse description : Buste lauré consulaire de Constantin Ier auguste à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant le globe (H*1).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Maximus Augustus Consul quartum”, (Constantin le grand auguste consul pour la quatrième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/ TF|*// 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. Le buste consulaire est richement ornementé avec la toga picta et la toga palmata. Au revers les lettres dans le champ T F pourraient être les initiales de “Temporum Felicitas” pour les temps heureux. Type totalement inédit avec la légende longue au droit !.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. The consular bust is richly ornamented with the toga picta and the toga palmata. On the reverse, the letters in the TF field could be the initials of “Temporum Felicitas” for happy times. A completely new type with the long legend on the obverse!
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. The consular bust is richly ornamented with the toga picta and the toga palmata. On the reverse, the letters in the TF field could be the initials of “Temporum Felicitas” for happy times. A completely new type with the long legend on the obverse!
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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