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November Auction 2015 13 November 2015
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EMPIRE, GOLD AUREUS OF CONSTANTINE I, Serdica, ca. 306-307, 5.241g, 6h. Calicó 5186. Rauch 95 lot 654 (same dies). Very rare. Lightly toned with underlying luster. Perfectly centered and struck. Extremely fine. From a distinguished Belgian collection
There are relatively few historical personages whose decisions have set the path for generations to come. Constantine the Great is one of these. To review his life is certainly needless, so plentiful is the literature on this subject... But it is surely worth remembering that our daily actions, our way of living and thinking stem from the vision he had the night before the battle of the Milvian Bridge.
There are relatively few historical personages whose decisions have set the path for generations to come. Constantine the Great is one of these. To review his life is certainly needless, so plentiful is the literature on this subject... But it is surely worth remembering that our daily actions, our way of living and thinking stem from the vision he had the night before the battle of the Milvian Bridge.