Hello. I saw a page on Constantine and his lineage with coins. Could someone give me a link to it. Rich
I have a page here-- http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/family/ the first chart at the top of the page does not show his father-in-law Maximainus or his brother-in-law Maxentius. the second chart at the bottom is from Madden and includes the fictionalized account of Constantine's lineage from Claudius II...which, if you didn't know, is why Constantine issue CONSECRATIO coins for him, in an attempt to establish his lineage further back tp a respected ruler
Excluding the ultra-rare Nepotian and the impossibly rare Constantia, Constantine's family is a cakewalk. My current lineup - this entire collection cost me less than $500 all in Constantius I His first wife Helena, mother of Constantine His second wife Theodora, grandmother of numerous future emperors or claimants Constantine Crispus, eldest son Fausta, 2nd wife Constantine II Constantius II Constans
(Continued) The grandchildren of Theodora... Delmatius Hanniballianus Constantius Gallus Julian Procopius, a usurper who was Julian's cousin and claimed membership in the dynasty
I know you didn't ask for this, but here's my page of Coins of the Constantine Dynasty. It also includes coins of the usurpers Magnentius, Decentius, and the sort of, kinda usurper Vetranio. I think most of these coins cost me less than $50. The Hannibalianus and Vetranio may have been in the $50-100 range. If you're will to accept coins in rougher condition, you can probably find most of these coins in the $10-25 range.
Didn't have time earlier, if you want to get fancy with the extended family Maximian, father of Theodora and Fausta, thus either the father in law or grandfather of most dynasty members His son, Maxentius, brother in law to Constantine, uncle to Constantine's boys Maxentius' son Romulus, a cousin of the family As already mentioned, Constantine arranged his sister Constantia to marry Licinius They had a son Licinius II Getting really far fetched now... When Constantine had a falling out with Maximian, he claimed (made up?) That Constantius I's father was an otherwise unattested brother of Claudius II, and commemorated him as a member of the family (I recently upgraded this ratty example but need to image it still) Even though Gallus was put to death before he could formally take the title of Augustus, he was married to Constantina, daughter of Constantine. They had a daughter, Anastasia, who was (purportedly?) the great-great-grandmother of Anastasius
I do not have many coins from the Constantinian dynasty, but I do enjoy the few that I have. 3 generations of emperors Constantius I (Constantine's father) AE Follis Constantine I AR Siliqua Constantius II (Constantine's middle son by his second wife, Fausta) AR Light Miliarense
My examples were all ridiculously cheap, none costing more than $15. Helena and Delmatius are roached, but for less than a dollar each I'm okay with it. Helena (despite condition, still has traces of silvering) Constantine I (nearly FULL silvering!!) Crispus (minor traces of silvering in deep fields) Fausta (weak strike on oblong flan) Delmatius (roach) Constantine Jr. Constans Constantius II Gallus (weak strike but superb portrait) Julian 2 (ragged flan but really neat mintmark)
