brm_608721 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312-313
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,01 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince et ovale à l’usure régulière. Le revers est particulièrement bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine verte
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI/ -|-// RS.
Reverse description : Aigle légionnaire “aquilla” à gauche entre deux enseignes “vexilla”, ornés d’une main et d’une couronne.
Reverse translation : "Senatus Populus Que Romanus Optimo Principi", (Le Sénat et le Peuple romain au meilleur des Princes).
Commentary
Poids très léger. C’est la deuxième fois que nous présentons cet exemplaire, avec ce type de buste, à la vente.
Very light weight. This is the second time that we present this example, with this type of bust, for sale
Very light weight. This is the second time that we present this example, with this type of bust, for sale
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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