brm_486297 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus

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Type : Follis ou nummus

Date: 310-311

Mint name / Town : Trèves

Metal : copper

Diameter : 23 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 3,34 g.

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Patine marron. Joli buste. Le revers présente plus de traces de circulation mais reste parfaitement lisible

Catalogue references :

RIC.870 - C.-

Predigree :

Exemplaire n°295 du trésor de Chitry

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG.

Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).

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, nu, debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.

Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil Invincible).

Commentary

Poids très léger.

Historical background

CONSTANTINE THE GREAT I

(25/07/306-22/05/337) Flavius Valerius Constantinus

August (25/12/307-22/05/337)

Constantine was born in 274, son of Constantius and Helena. He was appointed Caesar to the death of his father 25 July 306 and was proclaimed august 25 December 307. He married Fausta, daughter of Maximian, who will give him five children, three august. The first twenty years of his reign are dedicated to become the main august against Maximian, Galerius, Maxentius, Maximin and Licinius II. He is recognized as the first Christian emperor, although baptized only on his deathbed 22 May 337.

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brm_486297 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

CONSTANTINE THE GREAT I

(25/07/306-22/05/337) Flavius Valerius Constantinus

August (25/12/307-22/05/337)

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