File:Constantine-XR RIC vII 019.jpg
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Constantine I 307-337 AD. Bronze Follis (2.97 gm). Struck 337 AD. Constantinople mint.
CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, laureate head right. SPES PVBLICA across field, labarum, with three medallions on drapery and crowned by a christogram, spearing serpent. CONS in exergue.
this famous reverse type represents the defeat of tyranny by the death of Licinius. Yet, the scene also has powerful Christian imagery in that it allegorically portrays the power of Christianity over evil.
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