brm_608720 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312-313
Mint name / Town : Ostie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,66 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exmplaire à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI/ -|-// MOSTS.
Reverse description : Aigle légionnaire “aquilla” à gauche entre deux enseignes “vexilla”.
Reverse translation : “Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Optimo Principi”, (Le Sénat et le peuple romain au meilleur des Princes).
Commentary
Ce type, pour la seconde officine, semble infiniment plus rare ! C’est la première fois que nous le présentons à la vente.
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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