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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1940682, member: 15445&quot;]Tough crowd.&nbsp; How about this one?&nbsp; There are bazillions of Constantine the Great coins.&nbsp; On this coin he is depicted in a burial shroud.&nbsp; Could this be the last Constantine coin or are there more minted after it?</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin depicts the hand of god reaching down to Constantine.&nbsp; I&#039;m told it is the first time a Judeo-Christian image was used on a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]336424[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Constantine The Great</b></p><p><b>MANVS DEI The Hand of God</b></p><p><b>AE 3, Reduced Folis</b></p><p><b>337-340 A.D. </b></p><p><b>1.72 grams, 15 mm</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv: </b>DV CONSTANTINVS PT AVGG, Veiled bust of Constantine I 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. 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. This coin was minted after Constantine’s death. 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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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