Constantine I Bronze (Posthumous Issue)

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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 08/26/2022 7:59 pm I came across this today, something that given its mediocre condition I normally wouldn't bother with, but I rather liked the quadriga motif on the reverse. I wonder if the hand reaching down to him is supposed to be that of Jupiter or the Christian God. I take it to have been struck at Antioch. It's small, only roughly 15 mm in diameter. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff

louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 08/26/2022 10:45 pm Constantine is deep and in my opinion only he played both sides until his death. After his death of course it is the Christian God's hand. But in life he went with the flow and settled on Christian. But he was nervous about neglecting the old Gods through most of his life. Report this Post to the Staff
Victor Pillar of the Community United States 900 Posts	Posted 08/27/2022 1:43 pm it's the hand of God according to Eusebius "At the same time coins were struck portraying the Blessed One on the obverse in the form of one with head veiled, on the reverse like a charioteer on a quadriga, being taken up by a right hand stretched out to him from above." Life of Constantine IV 73 Report this Post to the Staff
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