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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3844166, member: 83956&quot;]<b>TL; DR: What was the first bronze coin of Constantine the Great?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>So I’m trying to figure out what should be a fairly easy question to answer: What is the earliest coin of Constantine? I suppose I’m looking for the earliest bronze coin since I might be able to afford it. But I would also be interested to know what is the first coin, period, of any metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at RIC VI, I think it’s one of the London issues; e.g., RIC VI London 66. But I confess, I’m having a hard time understanding RIC’s discussion of the timeline. The coin comes from issues at London “Group II.” Then RIC divides Group II into Period One and Period Two. Period Two features Constantine as one of the Caesars after July 25, 306. So from this detail, I would assume that RIC VI London 66 was struck sometime after July 306.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then RIC gives us an annoying footnote stating that “it is impossible to distinguish clearly the coinage of the two periods.” That muddies the water a bit. Is it possible, then, that this early Constantine coin was struck in 305, perhaps in anticipation of Constantine joining the imperial college at some point? Or should we still say after July 306, the death of Constantius? Is there an earlier coin of Constantine? The photo of RIC VI London 66 is from Victor Clark, I think. I can’t remember how I got it. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019888[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019886[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019889[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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