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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Constantinian Era| > |Constantine the Great| > RL56576
Constantine the Great, Early 307 - 22 May 337 A.D.
|Constantine| |the| |Great|, |Constantine| |the| |Great,| |Early| |307| |-| |22| |May| |337| |A.D.|, In 312, Constantine defeated Maxentius in battles at Turin, Brescia and Verona before, finally, on 28 October at the Battle of Milvian Bridge, Maxentius was killed and Constantine became sole Emperor in the West. During the battle, he reportedly has a vision of a cross with the phrase "in hoc signo vinces" ("In this sign you shall conquer"). Maxentius' body was fished out of the Tiber and decapitated. Constantine entered Rome on 29 October and was met with popular jubilation.
RL56576. Billon follis, RIC VI Ticinum 124a (S), SRCV IV 15989, Cohen VII 337, Hunter V 132 var. (2nd officina), VF, 3rd officina, Ticinum (Pavia, Italy) mint, weight 3.428g, maximum diameter 22.7mm, die axis 180o, c. 312 - 313 A.D.; obverse CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right; reverse MARTI CONSERVATORI (Mars the Protector), Mars standing slightly right, wearing military garb, inverted spear in right hand, left hand resting on grounded shield, TT in exergue; scarce; SOLD











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