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Constantine the Great, Early 307 - 22 May 337 A.D.
 | Upon Constantius' death, Severus II was elevated to the rank of Augustus, while the young Constantine was appointed Caesar. RIC VI notes the ANT: issue was probably continued after 25 July 306 into spring 307, but no coins of Severus as Augustus were known to the authors. Constantine Caesar is not mentioned at all in conjunction with this last full size follis issue. He is noted for the first time in 308 A.D. for the lighter reformed GENIO CAESARIS* folles. |
28162. Bronze follis, RIC VI -, VF, Antioch mint, weight 8.872g, maximum diameter 26.7mm, die axis 180o, as Caesar, autumn 306 -spring 307 A.D.; obverse FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right; reverse GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia, D-E at sides (officina 9), ANT: in ex; extremely rare; SOLD
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