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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2827685, member: 82549&quot;]The sons of Constantine waited, I think, about 3 months before declaring themselves co-Augusti. (This was to give themselves time to eliminate any potential rival claimants.) During this time (337 C.E.) there was no Augustus whose portrait belonged on the obverse, so it seems reasonable that many of these--what, hybrids?--were minted during this time. It&#039;s possible that these coins continued to be minted after the brothers claimed the purple, but I don&#039;t know how they came up with 354. Anyone know?</p><p><br /></p><p>The other question is how they came up with 330 as a beginning date, 7 years before the death of Constantine. Is there any hoard or other data to support this? Are there 2-standards versions of these? I&#039;ve never seen any.</p><p><br /></p><p>At your suggestion, I&#039;ve started a new thread on this topic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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