Constantine the Great
CONSTANTINUS (Flavius Galerius Valerianus) was the son of Constantius Chlorus, and of Helena, first wife of that prince, son in law of Maximianus Herculeus, and brother in law of Licinius.
Constantine the Great, Roman emperor 307 - 337 AD.
This is a very common copper coin of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great who ruled 307 to 337 AD. This coin is 23 millimeters in diameter (almost an inch, like a quarter).
Constantine the Great (here using that title CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG) is shown here on a coin issued after Christianity was established as the state religion.
The reign of Constantine the Great (A.D. 307-337) was another turning point in the history of the Roman Empire.
It is an AE3 of Constantine the Great, with a reverse showing a vexillum with three dots, topped by a Chi-Rho, impaling a serpent.
312 Constantine the Great reorganized the coinage once more, the new system being based on the gold solidus of which seventy-two were coined from a pound of gold and the silver siliqua, rated at twenty-four to the solidus.
Constantius I was joint emperor of Rome from 305-306AD and was the father of Constantine the Great. In 293AD the emperor Diocletian decided that the empire had grown too large to be efficiently governed by just one man.
An Enigmatic Bronze of Constantine the Great
Original Auction Photo
Constantine I, AE3, 18-19mm, 318-319 (for exergue mark), Siscia, Officina 3. IMP CON_STANT_INVS PERT AVG Draped, cuirassed bust of Constantine I right, wearing Pannonian cap.
From its founding by Constantine the Great in 330 to its final fall on the morning of 29th May, 1453, the Byzantine Empire traversed one thousand one hundred and twenty-three years.
Constantine Flavius Valerius Constantinus (272-May 22, 337), commonly known as Constantine I or Constantine the Great, was proclaimed Augustus by his troops on July 25, 306 and ruled an ever-growing portion of the Roman Empire to his death.
Constantine I or Constantine the Great was born in Moesia the son of the emperor Constantius (Constanius I Chlorus) ...
solidus - a gold denomination of a slightly lower weight than the aureus (q.v.), introduced by Constantine the Great. The highest denomination of Byzantine coinage.
soter - saviour, deliverer. Title given some deities and Hellenistic kings.
Solidus - A gold coin introduced by Constantine the Great. Commonly called a bezant in medieval times.
a Roman military standard, ornamented with the Christian monogram from the time of Constantine the Great.
Laureate
wearing a wreath of laurel leaves.
A word of unknown origin first used to describe a banner or vexillum ornamented with the Christogram, which was the sign under which Constantine the Great chose to fight when he defeated Maxentius in CE 312. It first appears on a coin of CE 327.
CONSTANTINUS is a name - Constantine the Great who ruled from 307 to 337 AD. Roman coins frequently include the name of the emperor that they were issued by and this is no exception.
traditional formula expressing the joint authority of the conscript fathers and the common citizenry. Although having little meaning in Imperial times it continues to appear quite regularly on the coinage down to the time of Constantine the Great.
The name Byzantium is derived from the original name of Constantinople (modern Istanbul), the capital of the Roman Empire from the time of Constantine the Great's refounding of the ancient Greek city of Byzantium in 312 AD.
Oftentimes, death overtook the owner of the coin hoard before they could recover it. Only one emperor from this late period truly stands out as somewhat of a household name: Constantine The Great, Rome's first Christian emperor.
 See also: Coin, Augustus, Struck, Reverse, Silver
  
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