v41_1172 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 125.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 165.00 €
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 125.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 165.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 311-312
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Portraits de toute beauté, en particulier celui de Sol. Très jolie patine marron glacé avec des reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite avec pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVICTO COMITI.
Reverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Sol à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (À notre compagnon Sol invaincu).
Commentary
Avec son argenture superficielle. Le revers rappelle le buste de Sol du "Pacator Orbis" de Postume. Ce follis est taillé au 1/72 L., c’est-à-dire avant 313 et les deux réformes monétaires successives. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse lisse. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges fines.
With its superficial silver plating. The reverse recalls the bust of Sol from Postumus's \\\"Pacator Orbis.\\\" This follis is cut at 1/72 L., that is, before 313 and the two successive monetary reforms. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Smooth cuirass. Studded shoulder guard. Thin pteryges
With its superficial silver plating. The reverse recalls the bust of Sol from Postumus's \\\"Pacator Orbis.\\\" This follis is cut at 1/72 L., that is, before 313 and the two successive monetary reforms. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Smooth cuirass. Studded shoulder guard. Thin pteryges
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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