Description: Constantine I (306 - 337 AD). AE3 Londinium mint 320-321 AD. CONSTANTINVS AVG; Helmeted cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS EXERCIT; two captives seated at base of labarum inscribed VOT XX; PLN in ex.

Diameter: AE18 mm

Weight: 2.42 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: RIC VII 191

Commentary: dark grey-brown patina, good details

History: London's basilica built in the late 1st and expanded in the early 2nd century AD was largel than St. Paul's Cathedral and was destroyed around 300 AD by Romans as a punishment for the city's support of the rebellious Carausius.

Article Number: 017-03-01-44287