Obverse: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, laureate head right.

Reverse: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Roma seated left on shield with Victory on a globe and long sceptre, A left. Mintmark CONS.

Size: 20.6 x 31.2 mm

Weight: 4.9 grams

The Roman Emperor Constantine (c 280 - 337 A.D.) was one of the most influential personages in ancient history. By adopting Christianity as the religion of the vast Roman Empire, he elevated a once illegal cult to the law of the land. At the Council of Nicea, Constantine the Great settled Christian doctrine for the ages. And by establishing a capital at Byzantium, which became Constantinople and then Istanbul, he set into motion events that would break the empire, split the Christian church, and influence European history for a millennium.