Issued to honor a turning point in Roman history, this AE 3 commemorative coin is associated with the reign of Constantine I and the founding of Constantinople.
Rather than celebrating a single ruler, these coins often honored Rome or the new capital itself, featuring symbols such as the she-wolf or Victory.
Circulating through everyday hands during an age of transformation, this coin witnessed the shift from old Rome to a Christian empire reborn in the East.
Preserved as found, it remains an untouched relic of that historic moment.
You will receive the exact coin pictured.
Who held this before?
Picture the Roman Empire as it shifts east. A new capital rising along the Bosporus. Old traditions lingering as new beliefs take root. The world feels familiar, yet unmistakably changed.
This bronze coin once mattered in that turning moment. It may have paid a worker helping build Constantinople’s walls and streets. It could have bought bread for a family adjusting to new laws and a new center of power.
Perhaps a merchant accepted it while realizing Rome was no longer where it had always been.
Constantine ruled in his final years as the empire reinvented itself. This coin passed through hands shaped by adaptation, hope, and uncertainty. People living through the quiet end of one Roman world and the birth of another.
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Issued to honor a turning point in Roman history, this AE 3 commemorative coin is associated with the reign of Constantine I and the founding of Constantinople.
Rather than celebrating a single ruler, these coins often honored Rome or the new capital itself, featuring symbols such as the she-wolf or Victory.
Circulating through everyday hands during an age of transformation, this coin witnessed the shift from old Rome to a Christian empire reborn in the East.
Preserved as found, it remains an untouched relic of that historic moment.
You will receive the exact coin pictured.
Who held this before?
Picture the Roman Empire as it shifts east. A new capital rising along the Bosporus. Old traditions lingering as new beliefs take root. The world feels familiar, yet unmistakably changed.
This bronze coin once mattered in that turning moment. It may have paid a worker helping build Constantinople’s walls and streets. It could have bought bread for a family adjusting to new laws and a new center of power.
Perhaps a merchant accepted it while realizing Rome was no longer where it had always been.
Constantine ruled in his final years as the empire reinvented itself. This coin passed through hands shaped by adaptation, hope, and uncertainty. People living through the quiet end of one Roman world and the birth of another.
