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The bronze statue depicts a seated Constantine wearing military dress. His right arm is outstretched behind him and his left holds the pommel of a sword, the tip of which is broken. The sword was stolen in 2016 by a homeless man and replaced three months later by York Civic Trust. An adjacent plaque gives biographical details including information about his conversion to Christianity. The statue is mounted on a rectangular limestone plinth.

Title

Constantine the Great

Date

1998

Medium

bronze & limestone

Measurements

H 160 x W (?) x D (?) cm (E);
Plinth: H 130 x W 169 x D 235 cm

Accession number

YO1_RD_S001

Acquisition method

commissioned by York Civic Trust

Work type

Statue

Owner

York Civic Trust

Custodian

York Civic Trust

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

two inscriptions on the base of the bronze statue: CONSTANTINE BY THIS SIGN CONQUER; and: WHERE CEASAR IS THERE IS ROME; on the stone plinth the inscription reads: CONSTATNTINE THE GREAT / A.D. 274–337 / PROCLAIMED ROMAN EMPEROR / IN YORK A.D.306.

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