Description: Constantine I (307 - 337 AD). AE Follis, Rome mint 317 AD. IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG; laurate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CLARITAS REIPVBLICAE; Sol advancing left, chlamys flying out behind, holding whip and raising right hand, A in left field; RT in ex.

Diameter: AE21 mm

Weight: 3,64 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: RIC VII 80

Commentary: extremely rare; dark patina with contrasting light deposits, reverse slightly off center

History: Even years after his vision before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge the coinage of Constantine featured extensively the Sol Invictus - probably the deity Constantine first intended to built his monotheistic imperial religion upon.

Article Number: 004-01-08-45047