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1 Dollar Constantine gold coin
| Issuer | Republic of Palau |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Diameter | 11.8 mm |
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| Reverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Constantine the Great facing right, rendered in high relief in the style of late Roman imperial coinage. The emperor wears a laurel wreath over elaborately rendered hair, with detailed drapery at the shoulder. A decorative wreath border frames the inner field, and the Roman numeral date MMXII appears in the exergue. The legend CONSTANTINVS is distributed around the bust within the field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Palau's "Constantine" dollar belongs to a series of fractional gold minors issued primarily for the collector market, capitalizing on demand for affordable entry-level gold pieces rather than any commemorative obligation. The Republic of Palau, a nation of roughly 20,000 people, has issued collector coinage under licensing arrangements since the 1990s — the issuing authority is nominal, the coins never circulating domestically.
Constantine I's association with gold coinage runs deep: his solidus, introduced around 312 AD, became the dominant gold denomination of the late Roman world for over seven centuries.