Constantine I The Great, 307 - 337 AD, NGC XF, Ancient Rome, Roman Coin

Constantine the Great

307 - 337 AD

NGC - VF

Roman Bronze Coin, Slabbed and Graded

A Constantine I Coin (307 to 337) AE3

Constantine I, called Constantine the Great, was one of the great Roman emperors, Constantine rose to power when his father Constantius Chlorus died in the year 306 while campaigning against Scottish tribes. He later went on to defeat the rival emperor Maxentius in the decisive battle of Milvian Bridge in 312. He is credited for several great landmarks in history and is probably best memorialized by the city that bore his name for hundreds of years: Constantinople. Although now renamed Istanbul, this city was to be the seat of power for all Byzantine emperors for the next 1100 years, until 1453. Constantine is also remembered as the first Roman emperor who embraced Christianity and instituted the buildings and papal dynasty that eventually grew into what is today the Vatican.