coin
- Museum number
- 1986,0610.1
- Description
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Gold coin. (whole)
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Bust of Constantine, draped, head, veiled, right. (obverse)
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Constantine, veiled, draped, in quadriga galloping right, grasping reins in left hand and raising right hand to grasp the hand of God, above. (reverse)
- Production date
- 337
- Dimensions
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Weight: 4.42 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Constantine, though baptised on his death-bed, was portrayed as deified on coinage after his death. Although the last Christian emperor to be consecrated as a god was Theodosius the Great (d. AD 395), this was the last time a coin type would be issued.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2003, Apr-Sep, BM, 'Museum of the Mind: Art and Memory in World Cultures'
- Acquisition date
- 1986
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 1986,0610.1
