E-auction 657-678324 - brm_494086 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 40 € |
| Price : | 31 € |
| Maximum bid : | 44 € |
| End of the sale : | 17 November 2025 14:56:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316-317
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Patine gris foncé avec des reflets cuivrés. Présence d’une petite coupure sur le visage de Constantin au droit. Joli revers
Predigree :
Exemplaire n°1322 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/ T|F// ATR.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, nu, le manteau sur l’épaule, debout à droite, tourné 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 aux extrémités bouletées. Type beaucoup plus rare avec le buste drapé. Suite à la restauration de la monnaie, nous pouvons corriger le classement de Vincent Drost, puisque nous voyons désormais qu’il s’agit de la première officine et non de la deuxième.
Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Much rarer type with draped bust. Following the restoration of the coin, we can correct Vincent Drost's classification, since we now see that it is the first pharmacy and not the second
Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Much rarer type with draped bust. Following the restoration of the coin, we can correct Vincent Drost's classification, since we now see that it is the first pharmacy and not the second
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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