Description: Constantine I (Caesar 306 - 309 AD). AE Follis, Rome mint 306-307 AD. CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES; laureate head right / CONSERVATORES VRB SVAE; Roma seated facing on throne, head left, holding globe and sceptre; all within hexastyle temple decorated with knobs as acroteria and wreath in pediment; R * Q in ex.

Diameter: AE26 mm

Weight: 6,22 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC VI 196

Commentary: scarce; brown patina, edge break, flat reverse

History: In late 306 AD Maxentius mocked Constantine as a son of a harlot and only a year later an alliance between the Maximian's and Constantius' sons was sealed by a marriage of Constantine and Fausta.

Article Number: 062-06-04-44493