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Constantine I, Follis, Sarmatia Devicta, one of the most important events in the life of Constantine, Mint of London.
Constantine the Great (AD 306-337), Æ Follis, London, AD 323-324, CONSTANTINVS AC, laureate bust right, rev. SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, holding trophy and branch, and tramping on captive Sarmatian, 3.82g, 6h (RIC VII, 289). Extremely fine.
The coin marks a victory over the Sarmatians and, struck in London for use by the local population, it's clear propaganda designed to keep any Britons with aspirations of rebellion down. 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 tensions that had long been simmering boiled over into civil war. Constantine at the head of his largely Christian army, defeated Licinius and his pagans worshipping the old gods. Theological or political, Constantine had chosen his camp, and the result was the same. Raised to the throne in York, he was now sole leader of the most powerful empire in the world and in AD 324 would start work on his new capital, Constantinople.
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