Coin Portraying Emperor Constantine I

Art Institute of Chicago

Coin Portraying Emperor Constantine I

Roman, minted in Aquileia

Date
317
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Roman Empire
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the emperor Constantine I, facing right and wearing a crown of laurels. On the back (reverse), the sun deity Sol is depicted standing, wearing a radiate crown and holding a globe in his left hand while rasing his right.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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