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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medvet, post: 2945333, member: 87440&quot;]Even though I am interested in Byzantine gold coins (starting from Theodosian dynasty 379 AD), I belong to those who admire Constantine the Great, mainly because he was the emperor who envisioned the Byzantine state as a Roman polity centered at Constantinople, cultury dominated by the Greek East and with Christianity as the state religion.</p><p><br /></p><p>My contribution is a follis of Constantine I and a follis of his wife Fausta</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]718049[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I, 307/310-337. </p><p>Follis (Bronze, 19 mm, 3.42 g, 1 h), Constantinopolis, 327-328.</p><p>Obs. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG Rosette-diademed head of Constantine to right. </p><p>Rev. GLORIA RO-MANORVM / Δ / CONS Helmeted Roma seated to left on shield, holding victory on globe in her right hand and a transverse scepter with her left. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]718050[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Fausta, Augusta, 324-326. </p><p>Follis (Bronze, 19 mm, 3.85 g, 12 h), Thessalonica, 326-328. </p><p>Obs. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG Draped bust of Fausta to right. </p><p>Rev. SPES REIP-VBLICAE / SMTSA Veiled Fausta or Salus standing front, head to left, holding two children in her arms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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