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   [Search Our Collection]       ROMAN EMPIRE: Constantine I. AD 307-337. Trier mint,
   extremely rare.

[R2743]
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   ROMAN EMPIRE: Constantine I (AD 307-337). AV medallion of 1
   1/2 solidi (6.57 gm). Trier, summer AD 310. IMP CONSTANTINVS
          Metal      P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine
          Price      right, seen from behind / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Constantine
    Items Added      in armor standing right, holding transverse spear and globe,
   PTR in exergue. RIC 802; Cohen 409. Very rare. Nearly
   extremely fine

   PRICE: $22,500

   This impressive medallion exemplifies the return to
   realistic portraiture that began at western mints during the
   reign of Constantius I. Although in lower relief, the
   radiate bust of Constantine is very much in the style of
   Trajan’s coinage of 200 years before. Even the standing
   figure of Constantine on the reverse is carefully and
   realistically proportioned. The occasion for issue is
   somewhat problematic as the reverse makes reference only to
   Constantine’s role as “Prince of Youth,” a title he had
   claimed since his elevation to the rank of Caesar in 306.

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