Constantinian

This page has coins of AD 306-364, coins of
Constantine and his relatives, and Vetranio, Magnentius, Decentius, and Jovian,
and also ancient imitations of coins of the era.

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Purple marks items that have sold and are no longer available.

What's new? 2026, June 19: Eight new Constantine and commemorative coins, including very common obverses combined with unusual reverses.

2026, May 30: Reorganized to be mostly chronological by emperor.

Note: Constantinian imitations are at the bottom of this page.

Skip past the newest and jump down to Constantinian by emperor in chronological order.

Newest:

Constantine, 307-337
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG
GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers and two standards (330-335)
SMANΓ (Antioch)
Full flan and nice portrait.
[$16]

Constantine, 307-337
17.4 mm.
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG
GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers and two standards (330-335)
SMANB (Antioch)
Nice portrait.
[$18]

Constantine, 307-337
18 mm.
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG
GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers and two standards (330-335)
SMHA (Heraclea)
Full flan and a different portrait than the portrait from Antioch.
[$19]

Constantine, 307-337
20 mm.
IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG
SOLI INVICTO COMITI
Sol naked standing left raising his right hand in greeting (blessing) and globe
R F
R*S (Rome mint)
[$21]

Constantine, 307-337
17.7 mm.
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG
GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers and two standards (330-335)
SMANA (Antioch)
Full flan and nice portrait. Excellent lovely warm brown surface.
[$24]

Constantine as DIVVS, 337-340
15 mm. Small.
DV CONSTANTINVS PT AVGG
Deified veiled Constantine riding in quadriga up to heaven, welcomed by the Hand of God
SMANΓ (Antioch)
Very detailed reverse with a clear and and remarkble wrapping for Constantine.
[$23 SOLD]

A scarce pair of very common obverses combined with unusual reverses:

Constantine era
16.7 - 15.5 mm.
Anonymous, c. 335-340
VRBS ROMA
GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers and one standard
SMNB (Nicomedia)
Full flan (which is not common).
[$24]

Constantine era
Anonymous, c. 335-340
16 mm.
CONSTANTINOPOLI
GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers and one standard
SMNA (Nicomedia)
[$28]

Constantine with the unusual title
FIL AVGG
26.4-23.8 mm. 7.41 grams.
Numerous scratches.
CONSTANTINVS FIL AVGG
(Son of the Augusti)
For the fascinating story of this rare type, see my (long) page:
http://augustuscoins.com/ed/FILAVGG/

GENIO CAESARIS
SMTS for Thessalonica. RIC VI Thessaloncia 32b, page 514.
There are none of Constantine with this title on vcoins (from any mint). There are two of Maximinus II (the only other ruler with this title), one far worse than this one for $80 and another at $165. MA-Shops has one at $323 (parts are better, but the key "FIL AVGG" part is much worse!):
https://www.ma-shops.com/saenn/item.php?id=12667
Numerous cleaning scratches. Rare, with a great story. [$75, reduced to $65]

Constantine, 307-337
19.4-17.3 mm. 3.19 grams.
SOLI INVICTO COMITI
Ticinum mint.
Learn more on my educational site about Christian symbols on Roman coins where this is Type 1.1, dated to 316.
http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html
The basic type SOLI is very common, but the + in the field is unusual.
ST for the Ticinum mint, which was the only mint to use this + and which was the first mint to use any Christian symbol (this type) on its coins.
The earliest type with a Christian symbol!
[$55 SOLD]
(A search of voins on "Constantine SOLI INVICTO got 210 hits and none of them had this cross. It's rare!)

Constantine, 306-307-337.
Rare 17-15 mm fraction. 2.14 grams. Small. (Photo larger in proportion than the others.)
Rare denomination!
Struck as Caesar Summer 307.
For some unclear reason Trier struck low-denomination coins hardly struck elsewhere.
FL VAL CONSTANTINVS N C
VO/TIS/X
Zschucke 7.13b, plate p. 48.
RIC VI Trier 750 "R" page 214.
Failmezger 218 "R"
ex Gert Boersema on vcoins, April 7, 2008, at $243.
Not your usual Constantine, on the contray, this is a rare, smaller, denomination [$275, reduced to $259]

Hanniballianus
335-337. 16.5 mm. A small coin, but full flan--better flan than almost all of the type.
Very nicely repatinted.

He was chosen by Constantine to become ruler of the part of Mesopotamia that Constantine expected to conquer in his (aborted by Constantine's death in 337) campaign prepared in 335. Note the title "REGI"-- the only use of "King" on a Roman imperial coin. The river god on the reverse refers to the Euphrates which would have been the route of invasion. Hanniballianus was killed in the purge by Constantius II and his brothers in 337 in the "Summer of Blood" after Constantine's death.
The importance of this particular example is that it is legible--all of it.
FL (Flavius) HANNIBALLIANO REGI
SECVRITAS PUBLICA
CONSS (Constantinople) RIC VII Constantinople 147 "r2" (very rare) but many have been found since then.
Compare to this recent CNG coin:
https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-GYPG2S/hanniballianus-rex-regum-ad-335-337-follis-145mm-141-g-6h-constantinople-mint-6th-officina-struck-ad-336-337-vf at $250+20% = $300. I much prefer this one. [$185 (+ $6 shipping)] The CNG coin is crowded at 14.5 mm, where this one is 16.5 mm max.

If you want to know about early Christian symbolism on ancient coins, there are good websites, my own among them:
http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html
and Victor Clark has another:
http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/symbols/

Constantine, 307-337
19-18 mm. 3.29 grams.
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG
CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE
Victory seated left on decorated cippus, head to right, holding two palm fronds in left, laurel in right; to left, trophy with kneeling captive before.
CONS (only this one mint, Constantinople)
The reference of "DAFNE" has been widely discussed. Is it to the grove near Antioch? A new fort built by Constantine? I have a 12-page and one plate pamphlet "Constantine's Dafne Coinage" by R.S. Speck and Steve Huston (1992) about it. Also, Octavian IlIescu wrote an article (17 pages) about it in French in Q Tic N Antc (1987).
Nice portrait. Black patina with encrusted cover. [$29 SOLD]
Look here for a good web page on it: https://constantinethegreatcoins.com/DAFNE/
"After looking at the evidence, it seems very evident that the Dafne coinage commemorated the A.D. 324 victory of Constantine over Licinius."
Much more about the DAFNE reverse is in this thread: https://www.numisforums.com/topic/10321-eyes-to-heaven/

Constantine, 307-337
16 mm. 1.83 grams. "half follis" Repatinated.
Struck late 312-early 313
PACI PERPET
Pax standing holding branch and standard
RP in exergue
XII in field left RIC VI Rome 356. Only at Rome, page 391.
[$79, reduced to $69]
Rare. Please compare to prices elsewhere. (You can pay $400 for one, not better, on vcoins.)

Constantine, 307-337
16 mm. 1.95 grams. "half follis" Repatinated.
Struck late 312-early 313
PACI PERPET
Pax standing holding branch and standard
RP in exergue
XII in field left RIC VI Rome 356. Only at Rome, page 391.
[$49]
Rare. Please compare to prices elsewhere. (You can pay 400 € for one on vcoins)

Constantine, 307-337
19.5 mm. 2.68 grams
SOLI INVICTO COMITI
PLG
TF in the lower left field, star in right.
RIC VII Lugdunum 34, page 124, "315-6"
I liked this for the fieldmark. Why? I like coins that illustrate something about how they are dated. Well, the type is very common and its fieldmarks were sometimes shared with Licinius. The chronologically next fieldmark was not, so we deduce that next one was c. 316 when the civil war between the two broke out. That puts this one in a slightly earlier period when Constantine and Licinius were still respecting each other. I once gave a lecture where I use this type and a coin of Licinius with the same field marks to make that point about how coins can be dated. (The Licinius type with this fieldmark is GENIO POP ROM). [$18]

Constantine, 307-337
19.5 mm. 3.14 grams.
PROVIDENTIAE AVGG
SMANTΓ (Antioch mint, officina gamma)
[$15] Legend fully on the flan. CONSTANTINVS AVG

Constantine, 307-337
22.5-21.3 mm. (Larger than most) 2.72 grams.
SOLI INVICTO COMITI
S F
PLG
Lugdunum mint. Common.
[$18]

Constantine
19.7 mm.
PROVIDENTIAE AVGG
campgate
SMANTE
[$19]

Constantine, 307-337
20-19 mm. 2.64 grams.
SOLI INVICTO COMITI
with captive left (a very common basic type, but with the captive making it an unusual variety)
RIC Rome 52, "316-317"
vcoins has one at $38 and one at $250!
[$29]

Ancient imitations from the time of Constantine are on this page near the bottom (I spent years working on my collection of imitations and now I am passing some of them along.)

Constantine
18 mm. 3.15 grams.
Bust in close-fitting helmet with low crest, right.
VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP
around two Victories holding a shield inscribed VOT/PR over table
BSIS in exergue.
RIC Siscia 53. Struck "318-9" [$39] A nice coin.
ex Leu web-auction 18, lot 3370, with their ticket

Constantine the Great, 307-337
19 mm.
CONSTANTINVS AVG. laureate bust of Constantinus left.
Rev: SOL INVICTO COMITI. Sol standing left holding globe.
Nice detailed portrait. [$17, reduced to $14]

Constantine 307-337
22-19 mm. Rare. Small.
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
(A type revived after the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, late 312-313)
This reverse is very common on earlier folles of Diocletian and his colleagues, however, it is not common under Constantine. Note that this one is distinctly smaller than the earlier folles with this reverse.
RIC Ticinum 117, page 297, plate 4. Scarce
I like the GENIO POPVLI ROMANI varieties and this one is remarkably late. Ticinum and Rome were the only mints to issue GPR after the Battle and before the death of Maximinus II in 313. The mints that had already been under Constantine had already moved on to using the shorter GENIO POP ROM legend. This mint had been under Maxentius.
[$85, reduced to $75] I am a big fan of GENIO POPVLI ROMANI coins. This type, so late, is hard to find.

Constantine
17 mm.
"Two Victories"
VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP
VOT PR
S T for Ticinum
[$12, reduced to $10]

Constantine, 307-337
19mm 3.34g. Repatinated.
CONSTANTINVS AVG
DN CONSTANTINI MAX AVG
SMHB
VOT XX *
High grade--look at his hair!
[$22]

Constantine, 307-337
18 mm.
VOT XX
MVLT
XXX
TSA
Thessalonica mint (type from this mint only) [$25, reduced to $19]

Constantine, deified, struck 347-8, just before the coin reform of 348. Constantine was the last emperor to have deification on coins.
16 mm. 1.81 grams. Small.
Constantine, veiled (he's dead)
DV CONSTANTINVS PT AVGG
VN NR [VENERANDAE MEMORIAE] either side of standing emperor veiled
SMALB
RIC VIII Alexandria 32.
[$22]

Several commemoratives with unusual reverses.

CONSTANTINOPOLIS/GLORIA EXERCITVS
CONSA
16 mm maximum. Small.
Usually this obverse is paired with a Victory reverse, but sometimes it has the reverse used by the emperor and Caesars.
Struck c. 335-340
Better flan and details than most.
Full flan, which is unusual. Most flans are not large enough for the dies. [$23]
As I write, this one is better than any on vcoins and that includes the $49 one.

CONSTANTINOPOLIS
16 mm.
But not with the normal reverse, rather the scarcer
GLORIA EXERCITVS
Mintmark partially off the flan, possibly CON..
This scarce type supplements the usual CONSTANTINOPOLIS and VRBS ROMA commemoratives
[$15]

VRBS ROMA, but not with the usual reverse
/VOT XX MVLT XXX
SMHA
13.5 mm. 1.38 grams. Small
[$19]

A special and rare pair. Two small coins struck commemorating Rome and Constantinople c. 348, just before the coin reform

ROMA
PR (Populi Romanus)
Small. 16-14 mm.
ROMA, head right
RIC VIII Rome 104 "r4" page 256, only one variety.

I am offering these two as a pair. There are only two in this set so you really should have both types if you have one, and the chances you have one already are slim since they are so rare!

CONSTANTINOPOLIS
PR
Small. 15 mm.
CONSTANTINOPOLIS, A female head right, not helmeted like the usual commemorative.

RIC VIII Rome 106, page 256 "r4" with only 2 r4 varieties.

Obviously, since I am offering this pair, some have appeared since RIC VIII was published in 1981. But they are an important addition to the commemoratives of the period. The usual
CONSTANTINOPOLIS
and
VRBS ROMA are extremely common. These, on the other hand, are not. I admit the conditons are not great, but they are well-matched.
[The pair: $65]

Helena, mother of Constantine the Great and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Discover of "The True Cross" and many Christian sites in the Holy Land.
Struck 325-6
20-19 mm. 3.21 grams. Repatinated.
RIC VII Antioch 67
SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE
•SMANTS
[$55 SOLD]

Delmativs, Caesar 335-337
This coin struck 18 Sept. - end of 335
with two standards
between two soldiers (One standard took over in 336 and was smaller)
18 mm. 2.42 grams.
Large for a Delmatius. (They are usually with one standard which is smaller.)
FL DELMATIVS NOB C
GLORIA EXERCITVS (Glory of the army)
•ASIS• for Siscia
RIC Siscia 239 (was R5 long ago but more have appeared since then)
Sear IV 16878 no photo.

[$65 reduced to $59 SOLD] Nice grade. Well-centered. Full flan. Compare with vcoins prices for other two-standard examples. (None are under $100 as I write, and they are not better.)
ex Andy Burnett at the Cumberland Coin Fair, London, March 2, 1996. Ex Esty collection.

Constans, Augustus 337-350
19 mm. 2.55 grams. (The small version of the "galley" type)
DN CONSTANS PF AVG
Post-reform "galley"
FEL TEMP REPARATIO
ЄSIS
Siscia mint.
Very dark glossy patina.
Emperor on galley holds phoenix and standard with chi-rho. Galley steered by Victory.
[$23 SOLD]

Constans, 333-337-350
15.7-15.2 mm. 1.58 grams.
Struck as Augustus pre-reform 347-8
VOT XX MVLT XXX
SMALB
RIC VIII Alexandria 34, page 541.
Very nice for type [$17] The "VOT XX" type was really for Constantius II, but he issued in the name of Constans also.

Constans, son of Constantine.
19-17 mm. 1.77 grams. Slightly larger than many GE coins.
CONSTANS NOB CAES
GLORIA EXERCITVS with two standards. (Most of his have only one standard because he didn't become Caesar until 333 and the very common type soon switched from two standards to one.
SMTSΔ
RIC Thessalonica 225 "336-7"
Lovely earthen cover. [$22]

Constantius II, 324-337
15.8-14.4 mm. 1.40 grams.
Struck 347, just before the FEL TEMP REPARATIO coin reform of 348.
VICT AVG
SMANS
RIC Antioch 65 "scarce"
[$19]

Constantius II
21.5-19.5 mm. 3.25 grams.
FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Emperor left holding standard, cross-rho on standard
two captives to left
ANB Antioch mint.
[$19]

Constantius II
19 mm. 3.02 grams. Repatinated.
PROVIDENTIAE CAESS
SMHΓ for Heraclea mint
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C
[$18]

Constantius II
19.5-17.9 mm.
PROVIDENTIAE CAESS
campgate
SMANTH
[$17]

Constantius II
18.6 mm.
PROVIDENTIAE CAESS
campgate
SMANTH
[$21]

Constantius II, as Augustus 337-361. Struck c. 348
21 mm. 5.10 grams. Repatinated.
FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Soldier spearing fallen horseman
Very common.
Excellent reverse with lots of detail. The horseman is look back while "clutching" his horse in the process of falling. His shield is on the ground at 5:00. Look at his pearl-diadem and hair detail.
ANZ [Z backwards]
A really nice coin. Look closely at it and enjoy! [$39]

Constantius II
22.4-21.8 mm. 3.95 grams. Repatinated
FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Solder spearing fallen horseman,
"reaching back"
Γ
ANΔ
Legend, pearl-diadem, horseman, and soldier are all quite clear.
[$29]

Constantius II as Caesar
18 mm. 3.03 grams. Repatinated.
camp gate
PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS
SMNS for Nicomedia.
Bust left.
[$18

Constantius II, 337-361
19.4 mm.
FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Emperor and two captives
ALEΓ for Alexandria
[$19, reduced to $17]

Constantius II
as Caesar, 330-335
17 mm.
GLORIA EXERCITVS
SMANT for Antioch
[$9]

Constantius II
17 mm.
Struck 330-335
GLORIA EXERCITVS
SMANS for Antioch.
[$8]

Constantius II
16 mm. Small
VOT XX MVLT XXX
SM ALE for Alexandria
Lovely color. Look at the ear and hair. A beautiful small coin.
[$19]

Constantius II, 324-337-361
15 mm. 1.88 grams. Small coin.
Struck 347-348
at Antioch
VOT XX MVLT XXX
SMANΓI
RIC Antioch 113, page 521
Excellent detail, diadem, hair, wreath, reverse legend, and wonderful "Antioch" black and tan patina. [$29] I doubt you can find a better one. If you want the type, pick this one.

[$19. A nice example.]
Constantius II, 324-337-361.
16-15 mm.
"M" on standard. An unusual variety for having the M. What does "M" mean here?
GLORIA EXERCITVS, Trier mint.
RIC Trier 108. ex Baldwin's in London, 1988.

Magnentius, 350-353
Large ancient imitation
21 mm. 3.78 grams.
VOT V MVLT X on shiled held by two Victories
VICTORIA DD NN AVG ET CAE intended around
Prototype possibly RIC Lyon 122, page 186
Legend nicely garbled, but close. Good portrait.
Bastien notes a good fraction of Magnentius coins are actually imitations.
ex Baldwin's in London, May 17, 1988. [$37]

A curiosity! 12 x 9 mm piece cut out of a Magnentius chi-rho type. All that remains is the end of the X.
Bought as part of a large group of ancient imitations (although this is not an imitation, rather a piece cut down) from Italo Vecchi Jan. 29, 1996 in London.
0.71 grams. In the 5th century when AE4's were the only size AE, larger coins from earlier were cut down to match the weights of the current coins. Go to local coin shows in England and you will see very many small imitations and cut-down pieces about this size. I picked through bags and found some interesting pieces. [$15. You would need to look at thousands of coins, as I did, to find a cut-down chi-rho of Magnentius like this.]

[$55] Magnentius, 350-353
22-21 mm.
VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE
Two victories with shied inscribed
VOT V MVLT X
SV below, RPLG in exergue.
RIC Lyons = Lugdunum 130 page 187.
Failmezger 440.
Not quite as green as the picture, and the green is stable and has been since I bought it in 1994. A very attractive example.

Constantius Gallus, 351-353
23.0-21.7 mm. 4.75 grams. Repatinated.
Soldier spearing fallen horseman
ALEB
Alexandria mint. RIC Alexandria 74 "15 March 351 - Winter 354
[$12]

Constantius Gallus, 351-354
19 mm. 2.21 grams. The smaller size. Not the largest size.

Soldier-spearing-fallen-horseman
RIC VIII Nicomedia 97

Lovely even green patina. [$19]

Jovian (AD 363-364)

Jovian, 363-364
VOT V in wreath
Bust left
Nice surfaces
mintmark CONSP (Constantinople)
[$23]

Imitations.

Full-sized ancient imitation.
Constantius II
FEL TEMP REPARATIO
galley
23 mm. 6.16 grams (Heavier than the official originals!)
TRS for Trier.

Found in England.
Bought at Baldwin's in London in 2002.
Full-size FEL TEMP REPARAYIO imitations are rare. [$95]

I spent three long spells in England when I was able to go to many coin shows ("Fairs") and select the best of local finds. Thousands of tiny, illegible, and corroded imitations ancient imitations have been found in England. Spend enough hours pouring over bags of mostly terrible coins and you might find a few of interest. I did!

Constans, ancient imitation with English green patina.
13-12 mm. 1.16 grams. Small.
Bought in 1996 in Cambridge, England.
VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN prototype.
Imitations of this type are very rare. [$15]

VRBS ROMA
Small. 13 mm. 1.04 grams.
Ex Dan Clark Ancient Coins, Sept. 11, 1987.
Nicely centered
PLC for Lugdunum
[$12] Interesting for its small size.

Constantine

"Two Victories"
17-16 mm. 2.04 grams.
Helmeted bust left (which is why I bought it)
Weak overall, especially the reverse.
ex Vecchi at his office in London, Jan. 29, 1996. My cost $23. Too much!
Here [$19, reduced to $15]

Helena?
Victory as on CONSTANTINOPOLIS
Really tiny! 9 mm. 0.71 grams.
Bought at the Midlands Coin Fair, from Andrew Dyke, March 10, 1996.
I have looked through thousands of terrible imitations at English coins shows and selected only a few of the most interesting. Not many collectors cared or had a patience to spend hours pouring over junk to find a few legible coins. But, in every thousand, there would be something interesting but easy to overlook.
Extremely rare to find an imitation like this with any female opposite Victory.
Not very nice in condition and awfully tiny, but highly remarkable combination.
I bet you will never see another one much like it. [$29]

Constantine
Helmeted bust right
type of VIRTVS EXERCITI
two capitives, banner with VOT/XX
but legend very garbled
SIS for Siscia
Bought Jan. 29, 1996 at Vecchi's in London for $33.
It seemed expensive at the time, but I pay attention and this type is rarely imitated (if this is not the only one).
[$45]

Crispus?
18 mm. 2.31 grams.
Type of
VOT
XX
in wreatth with DOMINORVM ... around
Mintmark blundered.
Ex. Harlan Berk, Philadelphia ANA, August 9, 2000, at $25. He said, "possibly from Slovakia"
Nice bold nonsense lettering. Not quite as glossy as the photo makes it (too bright light) [$45.reduced to $39]

Ancient imitation (probably from the Danube region)
18 mm.
"Two Victories" reverse of Constantine
Bust left (which is unusual in this series)
[$12, reduced to $9]
ex Vecchi in London, 1996. (no ticket)

Constans. Full-size ancient imitation. AE23-20. 4.95 grams.
DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, legible letters on obverse
/illegible letter-like forms, possibly resembling "AQP" in exergue (for Aquileia mint)
Sear 3973 prototype. RIC Aquileia 99. "348- 19 Jan. 350". Page 323. Lovely hard green patina. Seldom offered.
[$85] Have you seen any full-sized FTR imitations before?

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