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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8108297, member: 84905&quot;]That is a fantastic coin and a great story.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never seen a portrait of Constantine like that one. I guess it was a matter of the die engravers not knowing how the new Caesar looked and therefore rendering a generic (albeit very naturalistic) portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is one of my earliest Constantine coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG</p><p>Rev.: MARTI PATRI CONSERVATORI</p><p>Field: S - H</p><p>Exergue: PTR</p><p>Mint: Trier</p><p>Date: 308</p><p>RIC 772a</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine met with Maximianus at Trier in 307, so the local die engravers knew how Constantine looked and I assume that the portrait on this coin comes close to his real appearance. On 25.12.307 Constantine was appointed Augustus, suggesting that the coin dates to 308.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1410541[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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