Divus Constantine I – AE4 (2.1g) – VN MR – Antioch – SMANS – RIC VIII 112

Divus Constantine I – AE4 (2.1g) – VN MR – Antioch – SMANS – RIC VIII 112

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Description

Type: Consecration issue for Divus Constantine I

• Date: AD 337–340 (struck under Constantius II)

• Obverse: DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG – veiled bust right

• Reverse: Emperor veiled, standing right – VN MR across fields, in exergue SMANS (photo shows EN / NB in fields from wear, but SMANS is clear at bottom)

• Mint: Antioch, 1st officina (S = 6th? Actually SMANS = Sacra Moneta Antioch, officina S)

• References: RIC VIII Antioch 112 (p.521); LRBC 1365; Cohen 760 

• Weight/Size: 2.1 g / 15 mm (well above the 1.5–1.9g average, nice flan)

Description: Posthumous bronze honoring Constantine as "father of three Augusti." Antioch mint, with full SMANS mintmark. Good portrait detail for the tiny module.