CONSTANTINE I MAGNVS (THE GREAT)

Reigned: 307-337 A.D.

Heraclea

HERACLEA (Eregli, Turkey - 40°14'N, 16°41'E) was originally known as "Perinthus" when it was founded about 600 BC by colonists from the island of Samos. It passed to Roman control in 133 BC as a part of Macedonia, and it became the capital of Thrace when that province was formed in 46 AD. Shortly before 292, when an imperial mint opened there, it changed its name to Heraclea, in honor of Maximian Herculius and its legendary founder Hercules. The city's fortunes suffered a slight decline after the founding of nearby Constantinople, but its mint remained active until the reign of Leo I (457-474). .(From MONETA, from www.numus.com)

AE Follis (22mm) Struck 313-314 A.D.Heraclea

Obv: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Laureate bust right

Obv: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG Jupiter standing left, holding victory on a globe and scepter eagle with a wreath in its beak at left foot. B in rt field SMHT in exergue

RIC VII 5
   

AE Follis (22mm) Struck 313-314 A.D.Heraclea

Obv: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Laureate bust right

Obv: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG Jupiter standing left, holding victory on a globe and scepter eagle with a wreath in its beak at left foot. B in rt field SMHT in exergue

RIC VII 5

   

AE 3 19mm Struck 317 A.D Heraclea

Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG Laureate and draped bust left. Globe and scepter in l hand, mappa in rt.

Rev: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG Campgate, 6 rows, three turrets, no stars MHTB

RIC VII 16
   


AE 3 (19mm) 327-329 A.D. Heraclea

Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG Diademed head gazing upward

Rev: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG VOT XXX Vows in wreath in exergue

RIC VII 92
   

AE 3 (18mm) Struck 300-3 A.D. Heraclea

Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG Rossette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right

Rev: GLORIAE EXERCITVS Two soldiers with spears and shields on either side of two standards ·SMHB in exergue

RIC VII 116
   

AE 3 (18mm) Struck 333-336 A.D. Heraclea

Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG Rossette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right

Rev: GLORIAE EXERCITVS Two soldiers with spears and shields on either side of two standards in exergue

RIC VII 136
   

BACK

Home - Search - E-mail