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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 7759039, member: 44316&quot;]Among coins with many other themes, I like coins with early Christian symbols. The bold chi-rho makes this is my favorite Delmatius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1329845[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Delmatius. 16 mm. 1.31 grams.</p><p>Mintmark SCONST.</p><p>RIC Arles (It was renamed Constantina in 328 in honor of Constantine II) 398. Dated to 336.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a D<b>a</b>lmatius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1329847[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>16 mm. </p><p>Mintmark SMTSB</p><p>RIC Thessalonica 227, &quot;336-7&quot;.</p><p>RIC says</p><p>&quot;A&quot; only at Thessalonica and Nicomedia ... Thessalonica the only mint beyond doubt within the area allotted to Delmatius.&quot; p. 31.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Summer of Blood&quot; by R. W. Burgess</p><p><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20788042" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20788042" rel="nofollow">https://www.jstor.org/stable/20788042</a></p><p>is a excellent, interesting, and long academic article on the events of 337 when Constantine died which led to the death of Delmatius and others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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