Description: Constantine I (307 - 337 AD). AE Follis, Heraclea mint 327-329 AD. CONSTANTINVS AVG; pearl–diademed head right, eyes raised towards heaven / VOT XXX in laurel wreath; •SMHB in ex.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 2,54 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC VII 92; LRBC 888

Commentary: dark grey patina with minor deposits, minor roughness

History: The upward gaze on the coin is widely interpreted as Christian symbolism and Eusebius confirms it, but the pious look towards heaven was stamped on Greek coins many centuries earlier.

Article Number: 035-11-03-42962