brm_628761 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: mars-mai
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : billon
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,95 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Usure importante mais régulière. Monnaie bien identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI IN-VI-CTO COMITI/ -|-// PARL.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié à demi nu, marchant à gauche, le manteau flottant levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au Compagnon le Soleil invincible).
Commentary
Poids léger. Revers de l’émission inaugurale de l’atelier d’Arles, frappé au 1/72 L. (poids théorique 4,51 g) au début de l’année 313 avant la réforme monétaire qui abaissa le poids du nummus au 1/96 L. Daté de 313, la fabrication de ce type peut être placée entre les mois de mars et de mai. La réforme du monnayage de cuivre intervient avant l’été entre mai et juin 313 et est marqué aussi par la disparition de Maximin II du monnayage occidental. Cette époque est encore mal connue et mériterait une étude de fonds permettant de combler les vides du Roman Imperial Coinage des volumes VI et VII. Un seul exemplaire recensé dans le Ferrando, en collection publique. Monnaie de la plus grande rareté.
Light weight. Reverse of the inaugural issue of the Arles mint, struck at 1/72 L. (theoretical weight 4.51 g) at the beginning of 313 before the monetary reform which lowered the weight of the nummus to 1/96 L. Dated 313, the manufacture of this type can be placed between the months of March and May. The reform of copper coinage took place before the summer between May and June 313 and is also marked by the disappearance of Maximin II from Western coinage. This period is still poorly known and would merit a background study to fill the gaps in the Roman Imperial Coinage of volumes VI and VII. A single example recorded in the Ferrando, in a public collection. A coin of the greatest rarity
Light weight. Reverse of the inaugural issue of the Arles mint, struck at 1/72 L. (theoretical weight 4.51 g) at the beginning of 313 before the monetary reform which lowered the weight of the nummus to 1/96 L. Dated 313, the manufacture of this type can be placed between the months of March and May. The reform of copper coinage took place before the summer between May and June 313 and is also marked by the disappearance of Maximin II from Western coinage. This period is still poorly known and would merit a background study to fill the gaps in the Roman Imperial Coinage of volumes VI and VII. A single example recorded in the Ferrando, in a public collection. A coin of the greatest rarity







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