 Constantine's monetary policy were closely associated with his religious ones, in that increased minting was associated with measures of confiscation — taken since 331 and closed in 336 — of all gold, silver and bronze statues from pagan temples, who were declared as imperial property and, as such, as monetary assets. Two imperial commissioners for each province had the task of getting hold of the statues and having them melded for immediate minting — with the exception of a number of bronze statues who were used as public monuments for the beautification of the new capital in Constantinople.
