Issued after the death of Constantine I, this AE 3 posthumous issue features the powerful “Hands of God” motif, symbolizing the emperor’s divine ascension and Christian legacy.
Struck as Rome publicly embraced its new faith, these coins reflected a turning point in imperial ideology.
This piece once circulated among citizens who had lived through Constantine’s reign and now witnessed his transformation from ruler to sacred memory.
A deeply symbolic relic from the moment Rome’s spiritual identity was forever changed.
You will receive the exact coin pictured.
Who held this before?
Picture the Roman world just after Constantine’s death. The empire holds its breath. Churches fill with prayer as old gods fade and a new faith rises.
This bronze coin was struck in that moment. It may have been held by a soldier who served Constantine, or by a citizen seeing something never shown before, an emperor lifted toward heaven by the Hand of God.
A powerful message in bronze. Rule does not end. It ascends.
This coin was more than money. It was belief and reassurance, declaring Constantine’s authority divinely approved even after death.
Hands shaped by faith, uncertainty, and awe carried it forward. People witnessing the moment empire and heaven were bound together. Their era changed forever.
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Issued after the death of Constantine I, this AE 3 posthumous issue features the powerful “Hands of God” motif, symbolizing the emperor’s divine ascension and Christian legacy.
Struck as Rome publicly embraced its new faith, these coins reflected a turning point in imperial ideology.
This piece once circulated among citizens who had lived through Constantine’s reign and now witnessed his transformation from ruler to sacred memory.
A deeply symbolic relic from the moment Rome’s spiritual identity was forever changed.
You will receive the exact coin pictured.
Who held this before?
Picture the Roman world just after Constantine’s death. The empire holds its breath. Churches fill with prayer as old gods fade and a new faith rises.
This bronze coin was struck in that moment. It may have been held by a soldier who served Constantine, or by a citizen seeing something never shown before, an emperor lifted toward heaven by the Hand of God.
A powerful message in bronze. Rule does not end. It ascends.
This coin was more than money. It was belief and reassurance, declaring Constantine’s authority divinely approved even after death.
Hands shaped by faith, uncertainty, and awe carried it forward. People witnessing the moment empire and heaven were bound together. Their era changed forever.
