Divus Constantine I – posthumous AE4 Authority: struck under Constantius II (and sons) Date: AD 337–340

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"