Bronze Coin of Roman Emperor Constantius I, 305 CE - 306 CE
Bronze and Carnelian
FJ.1756
As his strong profile indicates, Constantius was a soldier-emperor, a man who spent much of his life in military camps and on the field of battle. In such a world,...
As his strong profile indicates, Constantius was a soldier-emperor, a man who spent much of his life in military camps and on the field of battle. In such a world, luxuries are few. Yet one cannot help but feel that he would have approved of this splendid necklace, which seems not so much a luxury as one of life’s necessities.