Chapter XV: He Causes Himself to Be Represented on His Coins, and in His… — The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine

How deeply his soul was impressed by the power of divine faith may be understood from the circumstance that he directed his likeness to be stamped on the golden coin of the empire with the eyes uplifted as in the posture of prayer to God: and this money became current throughout the Roman world. His portrait also at full length was placed over the entrance gates of the palaces in some cities, the eyes upraised to heaven, and the hands outspread as if in prayer.

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The Life Of The Blessed Emperor Constantine -Eusebius Pamphilus

Chapter XVHe Causes Himself to Be Represented on His Coins, and in His Portraits, in the Attitude of Prayer

Chapter XV
He Causes Himself to Be Represented on His Coins, and in His Portraits, in the Attitude of Prayer