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Constantine I; AE Follis, Siscia; Genius
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Description
Constantine I (307 – 337 AD). AE Follis, Siscia mint 310-311 AD. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate head right / GENIO AVGVSTI; Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, A in right field, crescen in left field; SIS in ex.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE26 |
| Weight [g]: | 6,22 |
| Grade: | aVF/aVF |
| Attribution: | RIC.207 a |
| Commentary: | rare; dark olive-grey patina with minor deposits |
Historical Context
In 310 AD the father-in-law of constantine rebelled, lost and hang himself; Constantine having lost untainted imperial connection invented his ancestral connection to Claudius II.
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