April 12, 2024
Constantine/Victory shield altar star/Rare ancient Roman Christian coin/Ticinum
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s an425 Constantine I the Great (307-337AD) AE 18 -19 mm. follis, 2.90 gm. Ticinum mint. Rare & interesting well centered superb specimen. Original glossy dark-green patina over ancient silvering. Obv./ IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG, High crescent helmeted, laureate and cuirassed bust right .Rev./ VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR over altar decorated with X. Mintmark P T in ex . Authenticity guaranteed. You are bidding on an original ancient Roman coin. As pictured and described above. Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus (27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), commonly known as Constantine I , Constantine the Great , or (among Eastern Orthodox , Coptic Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Christians) Saint Constantine (pronounced , was Roman emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until his death in 337. Best known for being the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine reversed the persecutions of his predecessor, Diocletian , and issued (with his co-emperor Licinius ) the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed religious toleration throughout the empire. The Byzantine liturgical calendar, observed by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite , lists both Constantine and his mother Helena as saints. Although
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