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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1877259, member: 15445&quot;]OK.&nbsp; I&#039;ll retract the Helios coin and replace it with this one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; It depicts the <b>hand of God</b> on the reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]317641[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Constantine The Great</b></p><p><b>MANVS DEI&nbsp; The Hand of God</b></p><p><b>AE 3, Reduced Folis</b></p><p><b>337-340 A.D.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1.72 grams,&nbsp; 15 mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> DV CONSTANTINVS PT AVGG, Veiled bust of Constantine I&nbsp; to right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Emperor in quadriga right, hand of god reaches him from above, star above, SMANS in exergue.</p><p><b>Grade:</b> gVF coin with dark brown patina. Well centered, well struck, and includes all legends.</p><p><b>Other:</b> Antioch mint, RIC 37.Constantine “The Great” Posthumous issue.</p><p>&quot;MANVS DEI&quot; the Hand of God.&nbsp; Superb condition &amp; rarely this nice.</p><p>Constantine I is depicted in a burial shroud. The Christian is called DV (Divus = the divine one) and shown being welcomed to heaven by God.&nbsp; This coin was minted after Constantine’s death.&nbsp; The obverse depicts the Emperor in a burial shroud and on the reverse the Emperor driving an ascending (Heaven Bound) quadriga to the Judeo-Christian God&#039;s waiting hand. The coin also represents the first Judeo-Christian imagery on a coin. Full legend examples are not easily found since the mints of the day were striking very rapidly due to the need for cash to fuel inflation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This last image does <u>not</u> look like the coin in-hand.&nbsp; However, the photo does make it easier to see several details of the coin&#039;s design.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]317643[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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