Live auction - brm_609435 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus

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Estimate :	120 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	14 May 2024 15:01:53

Type : Follis ou nummus

Date: 313-314

Mint name / Town : Arles

Metal : copper

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 2,51 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Métal taché. Joli revers. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

AMA.75 (R3) - F.194 - RIC.44 - EMA.3 /29 - AMSC.61 /11 (cet ex.)

Predigree :

Exemplaire n° 2145 du trésor de Chitry

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP 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 : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI// PARL.

Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié à demi nu, le manteau sur l’épaule, debout à droite, tournée à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.

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

Commentary

Poids léger. Pour ce type, P. Ferrando a recensé 15 exemplaires dont cinq en musées.
Lightweight. For this type, P. Ferrando identified 15 examples including five in museums