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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Constantinian Era| > |Constantine the Great| > RL72420
Constantine the Great, Early 307 - 22 May 337 A.D.
|Constantine| |the| |Great|, |Constantine| |the| |Great,| |Early| |307| |-| |22| |May| |337| |A.D.|, On 25 July 315, The Arch of Constantine was completed near the Colosseum at Rome to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. As part of the ceremony Constantine was expected to make a sacrifice to Rome's traditional gods, but he refused to do so. Also in 315, Constantine abolished crucifixion as punishment and established a new program of assistance to the poor.
RL72420. Billon follis, RIC VII Lyons 17, SRCV IV 16067, Cohen VII 530, EF, attractive style, good strike, 1st officina, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, weight 3.648g, maximum diameter 20.9mm, die axis 0o, 314 - 315 A.D.; obverse IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right; reverse SOLI INVICTO COMITI (to the unconquered Sun, minister [of the Emperor]), Sol standing half left, radiate, nude but for chlamys over shoulders and left arm, raising right hand commanding the sun to rise, globe in left hand, T - F flanking at sides, PLG in exergue; SOLD











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