Description: Constantine I (306 - 337 AD). AE3, Siscia mint 335-336 AD. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG; diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA EXERCITVS; two soldiers standing, standard between, chi-rho on banner, ESIS in ex.

Diameter: AE15 mm

Weight: 1,3 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 252

Commentary: scarce; green patina, good details

History: For the first decades of Christianity as an official imperial religion Chi-Rho was by far the most prominent symbol on the coinage, with the cross making its widespread appearance nearly a century later.

Article Number: 057-04-05-42384