 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 . 
