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CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
AD 306-337

AE Follis. 3.53g, 20.1mm

MINTED: Rome mint, AD 315-316
REF: RIC VII Rome 40 (C2)

OBVERSE: IMP CONSTA-NTINVS AVG, helmeted, laureate and cuirassed bust right.
REVERSE: SOLI IN-VI-CTO COMITI, Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand; C - S in fields, RP in exergue.

 

Notes:
Brown patina with a scattering of malachite green hoard deposits. 

 

Historical Notes:

Constantine was the son of Constantius I, one of the two junior co-rulers serving under emperors Diocletian and Maximian during the First Tetrarchy. During the civil strife that began with the collapse of the Tetrarchic institution, Constantine, with the support of his late father's legions and a number of opportunistic political alliances, saw his power grow from strength to strength. By successively defeating the emperors Maximian, Maxentius, and Licinius, he made himself the sole master of the Roman Empire by AD 324.

 

Constantine was the first Roman emperor to openly support Christianity and become a Christian. He founded the great city of Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) and made it the new centre of his Empire, from where he ruled for a further thirteen years until his death in AD 337. Assessment of Constantine as a man and emperor has been polarised since ancient times. He has been seen by some as a great military commander and hero, an empire rebuilder and reformer, and a paragon of Christian virtue. Others portray him as vain, greedy and suspicious, a master manipulator and tyrant who put to death his wife, father-in-law, eldest son, and numerous others.

CONSTANTINE I . AD 306-337 . AE Follis . Sol standing . Rome mint

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