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brm_488065 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus AU
40.00 €(Approx. 44.00$ | 33.60£)
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,12 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan bien centré des deux côtés. Patine gris foncé. Beau buste de style fin
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire n°584 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


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.

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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