Description: Constantine I (306 - 337 AD). AE3, Ticinum mint 318-319 AD. MP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG; laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP; two Victoriae standing facing one another, supporting between them shield inscribed VOT P R in two lines above small columnar decorated with a cross; PT in ex.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 2.74 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: RIC 86

Commentary: light bronze patina

History: The appearance of crosses and their placement on the coinage after the Edict of Milan strongly indicates not their adorative but religious meaning.

Article Number: 019-08-08-44287