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Life of Constantine, with OrationsThe Life of Constantine

How Constantine is represented on Coins in the Act of ascending to Heaven.

Life of Constantine, with Orations · Eusebius of Caesarea

A coinage was also struck which bore the following device. On one side appeared the figure of our blessed prince, with the head closely veiled: the reverse exhibited him sitting as a charioteer, drawn by four horses, with a hand stretched downward from above to receive him up to heaven.

EusVC 3.271.1