Constantine I - VOTIVE - RIC 29, Thessalonica - Rare!

Description

Constantine the Great - AE3 - Votive in three lines - Rare
Constantine the Great (Latin: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus; Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Μέγας; 27 February c. 272 AD – 22 May 337 AD), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine (in the Orthodox Church as Saint Constantine the Great, Equal-to-the-Apostles), was a Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD. Constantine was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman army officer, and his consort Helena. His father became Caesar, the deputy emperor in the west in 293 AD. Constantine was sent east, where he rose through the ranks to become a military tribune under the emperors Diocletian and Galerius. In 305, Constantius was raised to the rank of Augustus, senior western emperor, and Constantine was recalled west to campaign under his father in Britannia (Britain). Acclaimed as emperor by the army at Eboracum (Modern-day York) after his father's death in 306 AD, Constantine emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against the emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by 324 AD.
OBV:
IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG
- Laureate cuirassed bust left, holding mappa, spear over far shoulder.
REV:
VOT XX/MVLT/ •XXX•/ TS•Δ•
, all within wreath.
Struck c.
318-319
A.D. at the mint in Thessalonica.  Ref: RIC 29 (VII, Thessalonica).
I've seen this coin rated as R5 (unique) which is obviously outdated as several examples are known.
Weight: 3.3  grams.  Diameter: 19 mm.  Die axis: 5h.
Coin in the photos is the exact coin you will receive.  The coin will come with the attribution information above.  The Coin will ship carefully packaged in new BCW 2x2 vinyl flip within a 10x6 padded envelope.
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