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Divus Constantine I ‘the Great’ (died 337 AD). AE3 Nicomedia 337-340 AD. DV CONSTANTINVS P T AVGG; veiled head right / deified emperor driving galloping quadriga heavenward, holding reins and raising hand upwards to grasp Manus Dei, which reaches down from above; SMNA in ex.
| Diameter [mm]: | AE15 |
| Weight [g]: | 1,42 |
| Grade: | aVF/VF |
| Attribution: | RIC 18 |
| Commentary: | brown-grey patina, sharp reverse |
Roman emperor ascending to the heavens in a chariot was a long-standing pagan motif (resembling the sun god Sol or Romulus), the inclusion of the Hand of God explicitly adapted the design for a Christian audience.
