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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 5245445, member: 87200&quot;]Indeed. Helena was sainted in both Catholicism and Orthodox tradition. Given access to the Treasury by her son she caused to be built the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and also the Monastery of St. Catherine at the foot of Mt. Sinai. Constantine himself, as other have suggested, supported a pantheon of gods on his coinage and personally he probably was partial to the Invincible Sol, Mithraism, Mars, and possibly others. </p><p><br /></p><p>After he had his vision before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge he apparently was partial to Christianity, as evidenced by Helena&#039;s building projects. But like other Christians averted baptism until his deathbed, supposedly to make sure he didn&#039;t have time to commit more sins before he ascended to heaven. The memorial coinage of Constantine struck by his sons is interesting in this regard because it doesn&#039;t seem particularly &quot;Christian&quot; in tone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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