FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate head right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae. No fieldmark or mintmark. 28mm, 8.72 grams. London mint, minted summer 307. RIC VI London 79.

Rare very early large issue of Constantine. 

Ex-Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, with a note that the coins are from the The Falmouth Roman Coin Hoard (1865). The Falmouth hoard of approximately 600-1000 roman bronze coins of the 3rd and 4th Century AD was found on farmland near Falmouth while ploughing on the 18th April 1865. This small parcel from the hoard was formally in the possession of Lord Stewartby who studied the find and published some of them.

Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was first appointed Caesar in 306 CE by his troops after the death of his father, Constantius Chlorus. He served as Caesar — a junior emperor under the Tetrarchic system — from 306 CE until 307 CE, after which he began asserting greater independence and eventually rose to become Augustus (senior emperor) by 312 CE, following his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.