Live auction - brm_489978 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 90 € |
| Maximum bid : | 112 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 May 2024 14:53:48 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313-315
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,39 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Patine grise. Joli buste ainsi qu’un beau revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire n°959 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*21).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Constantinus Augustus", (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/ T|F// PTR.
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
Exemplaire qui semble inédit et qui n’est pas répertorié dans les principaux ouvrages de référence. Cet exemplaire, suite à sa restauration, peut-être finalement classé différemment que dans l’étude de Vincent Drost dans Trésors Monétaires. On voit clairement que le buste est seulement drapé et non drapé et cuirassé..
example which appears unpublished and which is not listed in the main reference works. This example, following its restoration, may ultimately be classified differently than in Vincent Drost's study in Trésors Monétaires. We can clearly see that the bust is only draped and not draped and armored.
example which appears unpublished and which is not listed in the main reference works. This example, following its restoration, may ultimately be classified differently than in Vincent Drost's study in Trésors Monétaires. We can clearly see that the bust is only draped and not draped and armored.
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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