
Divus Constantine I – posthumous AE4 Authority: struck under Constantius II (and sons) Date: AD 337–340
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Description
Type: Divus Constantine I – posthumous AE4
Authority: struck under Constantius II (and sons)
Date: AD 337–340
Obverse: DV CONSTANTINVS PT AVGG – veiled head of Constantine I right
Reverse: Constantine in quadriga right, hand of God extending from heaven to receive him
Weight: 1.3 g (measured – matches published 1.30 g)
Diameter: 15 mm (measured – published 15.3 mm)
Mint: likely Nicomedia or Alexandria (common for this type; your exergue is worn)
References:
- "weight 1.384g, maximum diameter 15.3mm... obverse DV CONSTANTINVS P T AVGG... reverse Constantine in quadriga right, hand of God extending from heaven to receive him
Weight: 1.3 g (measured – matches published 1.30 g)
Diameter: 15 mm
RIC: RIC VIII – cf. Alexandria 4, Nicomedia 18
Historical note: First Christian "ascension" imagery on Roman coinage – struck after Constantine's death in 337 to deify him as "Divine Constantine, Father of the Augusti"