Constantine rare genuine ancient Roman coin 318 AD Victory shield Altar

Description

Constantine I the Great (307-337AD)
Struck -
318AD.
AE follis 16-17mm.
3.41gm. Siscia
mint. (VF)  Well centered nice specimen.
Genuine glossy green-brown patina and earthen encrustation over ancient silvering.
Obv./
IMP CONSTA-NTINVS AVG, cuirassed bust left wearing high crested helmet, spear across right shoulder
.
Rev.
/   VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing one another, holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar, decorated with X (Helv. 7s). Mintmark BSIS star.
Authenticity guaranteed. Original ancient Roman coin as pictured and described above.
In
Roman mythology
,
Victoria
was the personification/Goddess of victory. She is the Roman version of the
Greek goddess
Nike
, and was associated with
Bellona
. She was adapted from the
Sabine
agricultural goddess
Vacuna
and had a
temple
on the
Palatine Hill
. Her name (in Latin) means victory. Unlike the Greek Nike, Victoria (
Latin
for "victory") was a major part of Roman society. Multiple temples were erected in her honour. When her statue was removed in 382 AD by emperor
Gratianus
there was much anger in Rome. She was normally worshipped by
triumphant
generals returning from war. Also unlike the Greek Nike, who was known for success in athletic games such as chariot races, Victoria was a symbol of victory over death and determined who would be successful during war. Appearing on Roman coins, jewelry, architecture, and other arts, Victoria is often seen with or in a
chariot
. An example of this is her place upon the
Brandenburg Gate
in Berlin, Germany.
Constantine: Caesar 306-307 AD; Filius Augustorum 307-309 AD; Augustus 309-337 AD.
A vain, effeminate man who loved to adorn his body and the full length of his arms, with jewellery. He executed his son Crispus on trumped-up charges of incest and boiled his own wife, Fausta, to death. He robbed Rome of most of its treasures and moved them to his new, self-named capital city of Constantinople where they were lost or destroyed when that city fell to the Muslims. In AD 330 he erected in the forum of Constantinople a huge, gilded statue of Sol which he had stolen from the temple in Heliopolis, Syria. The head of Sol was changed to resemble Constantine and inscribed "Constantino solis instar fulgenti", and citizens were forced to worship him as the sun-god.
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