IMPACTO COLECCIONABLES Authentic Antique Coins - Roman coins - Constantine I. The first Christian Emperor. Bronze Follis

• Authentic coins from the Roman Empire
• Bronze Follis of Constantine the Great
• Diámeter 19mm aprox.
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Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantine was born on 27 February 272 and died on 22 May 337. He was Emperor of the Romans from 25 July 306 until his death. He is known as Constantinus the Great. He legalized the Christian religion by the Edict of Milan in 313 and is also known for having re-founded the city of Byzantium (today Istanbul, in Turkey), Constantinople (Constantini-polis; the city of Constantine). He convened the First Council of Nicaea in 325, which gave legitimacy to Christianity in the Roman Empire for the first time. This is considered essential for the expansion of this religion, and historians present him as the first Christian emperor, although he was baptised while already on his deathbed. Although Christianity was not to become the official religion of the Empire until the end of that century (a step that was taken by Theodosius in 380 with the Edict of Thessaloniki), Constantine gave great power to the Christians, a good social and economic position to his organisation, granted privileges and made important donations to the Church, supporting the building of temples and giving preference to Christians as personal collaborators. *Since all the pieces are authentic and original, they are different from each other, and may vary from that of the reference image.