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Nicomedia RIC VII 154 of Constantine

Constantine the Great AE3. 328-329 AD. CONSTANTINVS AVG / diademed head right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, campgate with two turrets, no door, star above, SMNG in ex.

Lot No.3346. gVF and Rare. 18mm.

$ 55.

Unlisted officina G for RIC 154, and the other officinae (A, E and S) are all R5.

Constantine the Great was the son of Constantius I Chlorus, and served as Caesar306-307 AD, as Filius Augustorum 308-309 AD, and finally as full Augustus until 330 BC. Commomorative issues were made from 330 to 346 AD as well. He eliminated the Tetrarchy by defeating all the other rulers, and ushered in the era of Christianity.