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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2913062, member: 44316&quot;][ATTACH=full]703714[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constantine the Great, AD 307-337.</p><p>The first emperor to legalize Christianity and support the Christian church. He presided over the conference that came up with &quot;the Nicaean Creed&quot;. This coin has</p><p>Jupiter standing holding Victory on a globe crowning him with a wreath, an eagle holding a wreath in its beak at his feet left</p><p>• SIS•&nbsp; in exergue, for the Siscia mint, B in field (for 2 in Greek)</p><p>IOVI CONSERVATORI around (Jupiter conserves, protects)</p><p>Interesting because this type was issued after he converted to Christianity (there is a good reason, but you&#039;d have to learn why).</p><p><br /></p><p>Cost, about $35.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you feel you don&#039;t know enough to appreciate the interest of the type or its history?&nbsp; Do you feel you don&#039;t know enough about price to know if that is a good price? Well, the OP wrote:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, there is far more to learn about ancients than about capped bust halves, but if enjoyable learning is part of the goal, you can buy a lot of ancient coins which provoke a lot a learning at less cost than most US series in &quot;fairly high quality.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Explore the ancient coins topics (including ones posted on older pages)</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ancients/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ancients/">https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ancients/</a></p><p>for a while and see what you think.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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