A fine Roman follis of Constantine I commemorating the foundation of Rome. The obverse features a helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantine I facing left with the inscription CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS. The reverse features a depiction of winged Victory facing left and standing on prow, holding a shield in her left hand and a sceptre in her right. An inscrption beneath her reads MKE. Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor who ruled from 306 to 337 AD. During his reign he reformed many aspects including the structure of the government in which he separated the civil and military powers. Constantine improved inflation with the creation of a new gold coin named Solidus and was successful with the Roman frontiers. He was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity allowing the religion, along with other cults, to be legalised in Rome. A common theme on coins was to display favoured deities on the reverse. Sol Invictus, the unconquerable sun, was a popular deity worshipped during the time of Constantine and was depicted on many of his coins. Supposedly, he had also erected a large statue of Sol, stolen from the temple in Heliopolis, in the forum of Constantinople. He had the head changed to resemble himself and forced citizens to worship the sculpture. Diameter: 1.8cm Weight: 2.64 Provenance: Ex Cambridgeshire private collection, acquired 1970s.