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JM35694

Constantine I, Bronze Follis, Lugdunum, SARMATIA DEVICTA, one of the most important events in the life of Constantine, and arguably in the history of the western world.

Constantine the Great (AD 306-337), Æ Follis, Lugdunum, AD 323-4, CONSTANTINVS AVG, bust right, rev. SARMATIA DEVICTA PLG, Victory advancing right, holding trophy and branch, and tramping on captive Sarmatian, 3.43g, 12h (RIC VII, 219). Good very fine.

Provenance:
Ex Carlton St Peter Hoard

The coin marks a victory over the Sarmatians and is a classic example of numismatic propaganda driving home the might of the Roman Empire through the everyday coinage used by its subjects. But it also marks a vitally important threshold in Constantine's story, and that of the Western World. During this campaign against the Sarmatians Constantine crossed into his co-emperor Licinius's territory in the east, and long-simmering tensions boiled over into civil war. Constantine at the head of his largely Christian army, defeated Licinius and his pagan forces, worshippers of the ancient gods. Theological or political, Constantine had chosen his path, and the result was world changing.

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