Constantine I / two soldiers with standards - Follis - 18mm
Trier mint 332-3 AD RIC 537
Constantine the Great (here using that title CONSTANTINVS
MAX AVG) is shown here on a coin issued after Christianity was
established as the state religion. Types showing pagan gods that
were issued in his name earlier in the reign were now replaced by designs honoring the army
(GLORIA EXERCITVS). Later varieties of this same type show only one standard between the
soldiers. The mintmark, again, combines the city TReveri and the workshop Primus with a dot
separating the parts. This coin now bears a nice green patina but was a silver plated copper alloy
Douglas Smith