Follis (Coin) Portraying Emperor Constantine II as Caesar

Art Institute of Chicago

Follis (Coin) Portraying Emperor Constantine II as Caesar

Roman

Date
333-335
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Ancient Mediterranean
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin portrays the emperor Constantine II, facing right wearing a crown of laurels and a type of breastplate called a cuirass. On the back, two soldiers are depicted frontally, standing between two vertical standards with their heads facing center.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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