ANCIENT ROMAN COIN NGC Ch AU

Pricing & History
Strike 5/5 Surface 5/5. CONSTANTINE 1, AD 307-337 AE3 (BI Nummus) Nicomedia rv Jupiter hldg. Victory. Constantine the Great (Latin: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus;[2] Greek: ???sta?t???? ? ???a?; 27 February c. 272[1] ? 22 May 337), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine,[3] was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Constantine was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman army officer, and his consort Helena. His father became Caesar, the deputy emperor in the west in 293. Constantine was sent east, where he rose through the ranks to become a military tribune under the emperors Diocletian and Galerius. In 305, Constantius was raised to the rank of Augustus, senior western emperor, and Constantine was recalled west to campaign under his father in Britannia. Acclaimed as emperor by the army at Eburacum (York) after his father's death in 306,