Constantine—the Sun God?

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I think you're right AD. However that's the best clear bust I've ever seen on such posthumus quadriga coins of Constantine The Great. Congrats Master DS.

 

Excellent presentation, as usual, Ray.

Constantine’s early Association with Sol:

RIC VII, London, Constantine, No. 8

• Reduced weight follis - 312 to 314
• O: Constantine I laureate and cuirassed bust right - IMP CONSTANTINVS P AVG
• R: Sol with radiate crown, holding globe (lh) - chlamys over left shoulder - SOLI INVICTO COMITI - PLN (exergue) S (l) F (r)

 

Here's mine - it's not so hot but it is what it is... First one, reverse, Soli Invicto Comiti, Second one Deified Constantine, both obverse and reverse.

 

The horse's legs are the same shape and size—giving the image a centipede-like appearance. Not just on Doug's coin but all of them. If the coin designer had created the layout on a graphics computer—he would have used the copy, paste, step, and repeat function

 

Another great presentation Ray, Always love to see 'm.

Only have this pretty rough Divus of Constantine:

 

Here are my two versions that both came from the Bag o Romans. They are nicer than the pics show: