v19_0373 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
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Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Très beaux portraits. Patine marron. Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVI-CTO 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
Le revers rappelle le buste de Sol du "Pacator Orbis" de Postume.
The reverse recalls the bust of Sol from Postume's \"Pacator Orbis\"
The reverse recalls the bust of Sol from Postume's \"Pacator Orbis\"
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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