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E-auction 163-99783 - brm_395521 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus AU
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 46 €
Maximum bid : 50 €
End of the sale : 30 May 2016 15:09:00
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,27 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire avec des faiblesses de frappe. Joli revers et belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (Constantin pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SOLI INVICTO COMITI.
Reverse description : Buste radié et drapé de Sol à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A21).
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (À notre compagnon le Soleil invaincu).

Commentary


Cette monnaie pose un problème. Aucune réduction au 1/144e de livre n’est connue pourtant, avec un poids de 2,27g, la monnaie correspond parfaitement à la moitié de la monnaie classique au 1/72e livre... De plus, la taille du coin utilisé semble beaucoup plus petite que les coins habituels (environ 18 millimètres). S’agit il d’un poids très léger ou d’une monnaie totalement inédite ?.
This coin poses a problem. No reduction to 1/144th of a pound is known, yet with a weight of 2.27g, the coin is perfectly half the size of the classic 1/72nd pound coin... In addition, the size of the die used seems much smaller than usual dies (about 18 millimeters). Is it a very light weight or a completely new coin?

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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