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Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. Æ Follis (19mm, 2.96 g, 11h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 327. CONSTANTI NVS MAX AVG, laureate head right / SPES PVBLIC, labarum, with Christogram at top and three medallions on drapery, spearing serpent; A|–//CONS. RIC VII 19. Dark green and brown surfaces, smoothed and tooled. EF. Very rare and an important type.
This coin could reassure the populace that Constantine I and his rule, inspired by divine intervention and represented by the labarum, would ensure orthodox stability against all imperial enemies, represented by the serpent.
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