HUGE Follis Constantius I Chlorus 305-306AD Father of Constantine the Great.
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ROMAN EMPIRE-HUGE Follis Constantius I Chlorus 305-306AD Father of Constantine the Great Ancient Roman Coin weight-9,68gr diameter-26mm Check out my other items ! GOOD LUCK Be sure to add me to your favorites list ! Worldwide and combined shipping is possible! VERY RARE AND SCARCE ROMAN COIN supplier of all our packages is a German registered mail with tracking number of the shipment Flavius Valerius Constantius (March 31 c. 250 – July 25, 306), also Constantius I, was an emperor of the Western Roman Empire (305–306). He was commonly called Chlorus (the Pale) an epithet given to him by Byzantine historians. He was the father of Constantine the Great and initiator of the Constantinian dynasty . The Historia Augusta says Constantius was the son of Eutropius , a noble from northern Dardania in modern Serbia , and Claudia, a niece of the emperors Claudius II and Quintillus . Historians, however, suspect this maternal connection to be a genealogical fabrication created by his son Constantine I , thus connecting his family to two rather highly regarded predecessors. His father, however, might have been the brother of Eutropia, wife of Maximian. Under the emperor Carus , he was governor of Dalmatia , and Carus is said to have considered adopting him as his heir in place of his dissolute son, Carinus . In 293 the emperor Diocletian created
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