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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7813612, member: 97383"]Dirk, You make an interesting point I tend to agree with, "<b>I think his attitude towards Christianity was quite ambivalent.</b>" The famous silver medallion pictured below, courtesy of <b>CNG</b>, lends support to this idea <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342744[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Constantine I, AD 307-337 (struck circa May AD 330). AR Medallion of 5 Siliquae: 17.86 gm, 30 mm, 6 h. Constantinople Mint, 6th Officina. Donative to commemorate the dedication of Constantinople. <i>CNG Triton XVI, Lot 1155.</i></b></p><p>Not only is there no allusion to Christianity on this medallion, but it is done in a Hellenistic style that looks more like a Greek tetradrachm <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! Even the dimensions closely resemble a tetradrachm of the 3rd century BC. The reverse depicts the enthroned pagan goddess Roma, & Constantine looks like a Seleucid emperor....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7813612, member: 97383"]Dirk, You make an interesting point I tend to agree with, "[B]I think his attitude towards Christianity was quite ambivalent.[/B]" The famous silver medallion pictured below, courtesy of [B]CNG[/B], lends support to this idea ;). [ATTACH=full]1342744[/ATTACH] [B]Constantine I, AD 307-337 (struck circa May AD 330). AR Medallion of 5 Siliquae: 17.86 gm, 30 mm, 6 h. Constantinople Mint, 6th Officina. Donative to commemorate the dedication of Constantinople. [I]CNG Triton XVI, Lot 1155.[/I][/B] Not only is there no allusion to Christianity on this medallion, but it is done in a Hellenistic style that looks more like a Greek tetradrachm :confused:! Even the dimensions closely resemble a tetradrachm of the 3rd century BC. The reverse depicts the enthroned pagan goddess Roma, & Constantine looks like a Seleucid emperor....[/QUOTE]
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