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Constantin I

Constantine the Great (Latin: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus 27 February c. 272 AD – 22 May 337 AD), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, in the Orthodox Church as Saint Constantine the Great, Equal-to-the-Apostles, was a Roman emperor from 306 to 337 AD. 

Constantine was sent east, where he rose through the ranks to become a military tribune under Emperors Diocletian and Galerius. In 305, Constantine raised himself to the rank of Augustus, senior western emperor. He was recalled west to campaign under his father in Britain.
 
Constantine was acclaimed as emperor by the army after his father’s death in 306 AD, and he emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against Emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by 324 AD. 

To combat inflation he introduced the solidus, a new gold coin that became the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years. 

Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He has historically been referred to as the “First Christian Emperor,” and he did heavily promote the Christian Church. Some modern scholars, however, debate his beliefs and even his comprehension of the Christian faith itself.
 
He built a new imperial residence at Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople (now Istanbul) after himself. He died of illness in 337 he was succeeded by his three sons Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans. A number of relatives were killed by followers of Constantius, notably Constantine’s nephews Dalmatius and Hannibalianus presumably to eliminate possible contenders to an already complicated succession.​​

We value this coin at $125 

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