★ See the Video ! Extremely fine. Well Centered. ★

Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus. Nicomedia mint, Struck AD 335. CONSTANTI NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA CONSTANTINI AVG, Victory, draped from her waist, seated right on shield and cuirass, holding shield with left hand, inscribing VOT/XXX in two lines with stylis held in her right hand; to right, Genius standing left, supporting shield with both hands. Extremely Fine, Well Centered. 4,49 g - 22,22 mm
Constantine I "the Great" was one of only three Roman Emperors to ever celebrate a Tricennalia marking 30 years of rule, an event celebrated by the issuance of this gold solidus type from the mint of Nicomedia in AD 335. Constantine had completely revolutionized the Roman world during his long and eventful reign, reunifying the empire after decades of internal division, moving the imperial capital to his own city Constantinople (the renamed Byzantium), and, most importantly, changing Christianity from a small, persecuted sect to the most favored religion of a huge multinational state. Even the visual iconography of coinage saw radical change: here Constantine adopts an elaborate jeweled diadem in place of the former simple wreath worn by Roman rulers, and his long, carefully arranged hair presages the coiffeurs of medieval kings to come. However, Constantine was at pains to show some adherence to Roman tradition: the figure of Victory accompanied by a small winged Genius on the reverse does show continuity with the pagan past.