E-auction 658-679745 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 307-308
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 6,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Monnaie agréable malgré l’usure. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : "Flavius Valerius Constantinus Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Flavien Valère Constantin très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POP ROM/ PLN.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) nu, debout à gauche, coiffé du modius, le manteau sur l’épaule, tenant une patère démesurée de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Pour le Docteur Bastien, ce follis appartient à la troisième réduction pondérale (taille au 1/48 L.), fabriqué en novembre-décembre 307 avant l’élévation de Constantin Ier à l’augustat le 25 décembre 307 (cf. trésor de Domqueur, Somme, n° 1383, pl. XIX).
For Doctor Bastien, this follis belongs to the third weight reduction (size 1/48 L.), made in November-December 307 before the elevation of Constantine I to the augustate on December 25, 307 (cf. treasure of Domqueur , Somme, n° 1383, pl. XIX)
For Doctor Bastien, this follis belongs to the third weight reduction (size 1/48 L.), made in November-December 307 before the elevation of Constantine I to the augustate on December 25, 307 (cf. treasure of Domqueur , Somme, n° 1383, pl. XIX)
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(07/25/306-05/22/337)
Caesar
Constantine was proclaimed august on the death of his father in York in 306. In order not to offend Galerius and Severus, he contented himself with the title of Caesar recognized by Galerius, who had become "Senior Augustus". Constantine controls Gaul and Brittany. He resumed the title of august on December 25, 307 after having married Fausta, the daughter of Maximien Hercule.
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