Obverse: Laureate bust of Constantine I

Reverse: Constantine I on horseback, raising his right hand

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Nicomedia
Material: Gold
Denomination: One and one-half solidi
Issuing Authority: Constantine I
Actual Weight: 6.72 g.
Date: exact 325 AD
Dimensions: 24 mm.
Period: Constantinian


Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle, the Emperor Constantine I rides profile to the right on horseback. He raising his right hand.

Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour

Commentary: Imperial gold medallion

Sources Used: Cohen 1880-1892, 7.244, no. 139; Gnecchi 1912, 1.16, no. 9; pl. VI, no. 12; J. Maurice, Numismatique Constantinienne, iconographie et chronologie (Paris 1908-1912) 3.58, XII