Description
Constantine I (306 – 337 AD). AE3, Siscia mint 335-336 AD. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG; diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA EXERCITVS; two soldiers standing, standard between, chi-rho on banner, ESIS in ex.
60,00 €
Constantine I (306 – 337 AD). AE3, Siscia mint 335-336 AD. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG; diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA EXERCITVS; two soldiers standing, standard between, chi-rho on banner, ESIS in ex.
| Diameter [mm]: | AE15 |
| Weight [g]: | 1,30 |
| Grade: | aVF/aVF |
| Attribution: | RIC 252 |
| Commentary: | scarce; green patina, good details |
For the first decades of Christianity as an official imperial religion Chi-Rho was by far the most prominent symbol on the coinage, with the cross making its widespread appearance nearly a century later.