TYPE Roman Empire, Constantine I the Great (307-337 AD), bronze reduced follis, Kyzikos mint, 7th officina, struck 317-20 AD DESCRIPTION . Obv: Pearl-diademed draped consular bust of Constantine to left, holding mappa and scepter, Latin legend IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG Rev: Jupiter with scepter and Victoriola, circular Latin legend IOVI CONSERVATORI, SMK in ex., control mark "wreath" in l. field, officina Z (7th) in right field (image double resolution) REFERENCE: RIC 8 (r2) GRADING: VF+ / VF, olive green patina, with traces of silvering under earthen encrustation, very scarce var. ORDER INFO: R2424, $62 Attractive portrait of the "consular bust" type, in high relief and with considerable (AEF) detail. Such busts of Constantine are far less common than those of the issuig Licinius, and here they're from a period with still some elements of "realism". Additionally, in an interesting point of transitional fashion and style here, Constantine appears to have a moustache only; his traditional portrait is clean-shaved, of course, though lightly-bearded (in the Tetrarchic style) on some earlier issues. The clean-shaved appearance would dominate the Byzantine high court (with a few exeptions, mainly of the pagan revivalists like Julian and Eugenius) for another three centuries hence.