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Constantine I "the Great", Roman Emperor, bronze coin

A medium bronze follis, 21 mm, 2.91 grams, struck in Ticinum in the name of and portraying the Roman emperor Constantine I "the Great", 306- 337 AD.

 

References include RIC vi, 122 which dates the issue to 319- 320, rates the frequency of this officina as "R2" or rare.

 

He is wearing armor and an elaborate, plumed helmet. The reverse depicts a military standard inscribed with Vows for 20 years of reign, flanked by two seated barbarian captives and proclaiming the (military) Virtue of the Roman Army.

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Uploaded on April 5, 2010
Taken on April 4, 2010