Constantine I, 307/310-337. Follis (Bronze, 24 mm, 2.08 g), uncertain mint (Rome?). IMP CONSTANTINVS [...] Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine I to right. Rev. [SOLI INVI]CTO COMITI / S - F / [...] Sol standing front, head to left, raising his right hand in salute and holding globe in his left. A particularly dramatic mint error. Heavily double struck and with a large flan crack and traces of corrosion, otherwise, good very fine.


This coin is a so-called flip-over double strike, meaning that the flan was not removed between two strikes but flipped over, causing the figure of Salus to appear on the obverse as well, with the end of the original legend — VS•P•F•AVG — still visible.