E-auction 631-627663 - brm_487160 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 45 € |
| Price : | 11 € |
| Maximum bid : | 13 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 May 2025 14:37:20 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 310-311
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,74 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Patine gris foncé. Joli buste. Une faiblesse de frappe sur Sol au revers mais il reste beau
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire n°475 du trésor de Chitry
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVI-CTO COMITI/ F|T// PLG.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, nu le manteau sur l’épaule, debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil invincible).
Commentary
Suite à la restauration de la monnaie, nous pouvons corriger le classement de Vincent Drost, puisque nous voyons désormais clairement que la césure du revers se situe après le I de INVICTO et non après le C. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Au revers les lettres dans le champ F|T pourraient être les initiales de “Felicitas Temporum” pour la Félicité du temps.
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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