ROMAN EMPIRE TRANSITION TO BYZANTIUM

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT (REIGNED 306-337 AD)

307- 337 AD ANCIENT ROME CONSTANTINE I AR MILIARESION THREE EMPERORS COIN

FIRST ISSUE SILVER TRANSITION FROM ROMAN TO BYZANTINE EMPIRE UNDER CONSTANTINE I

CONDITION AU

VERY SCARCE TYPE

FLAVIUS VALERIUS AURELIUS CONSTANTINUS AUGUSTUS (b. 272, d. 337) WAS THE SON OF EMPEROR CONSTANTIUS I CHLORUS AND HIS FIRST WIFE HELENA. HE WAS ACCLAIMED EMPEROR OF THE WEST BY HIS FATHER’S LEGIONS WHEN THE LATTER FELL ILL AND DIED WHILE CAMPAIGNING IN BRITAIN IN 306 AD..

HE BECAME SOLE EMPEROR AFTER A SERIES OF CONFLICTS WITH HIS CO-RULER RIVALS, CULMINATING IN HIS TOTAL VICTORY AS SOLE EMPEROR OF EAST AND WEST BY 324.

AS EMPEROR, HE STRENGTHENED THE EMPIRE BY ENACTING MANY SOCIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, MILITARY, AND FISCAL REFORMS. CIVIL AND MILITARY AUTHORITY WERE SEPARATED, THE SOLIDUS, A GOLD COIN, WAS INTRODUCED TO COMBAT INFLATION, AND HE WAS THE FIST EMPEROR TO CLAIM CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY.

IN 325, HE CALLED THE FIRST COUNCIL OF NICAEA IN AN EFFORT TO FORM A CONSENSUS AMONG THE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP ON DISPUTED MATTERS SUCH AS THE NATURE OF CHRIST AND HIS RELATIONSHIP TO GOD.

OVER THE COURSE OF SIX YEARS, HE TRANSFORMED THE TOWN OF BYZANTIUM INTO HIS NEW IMPERIAL RESIDENCE, AND RENAMED IT CONSTANTINOPLE, AFTER HIMSELF. THE CITY WOULD BECOME THE CAPITAL OF THE EMPIRE, REPLACING ROME.

CONSTANTINE SUCCUMBED TO ILLNESS IN 337. HE RECEIVED CATECHISM AND WAS BAPTIZED A CHRISTIAN BEFORE HIS DEATH. HE WAS BURIED IN CONSTANTINOPLE IN THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES. HE IS “SAINT CONSTANTINE” IN THE CATHOLIC FAITH, AND “SAINT CONSTANTINE THE GREAT, EQUAL TO THE APOSTLES” IN THE ORTHODOX FAITH.

26 MM IN DIAMETER

WEIGHT: 2.97 GRAMS

CONSTANTINOPLE MINT

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