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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 24851068, member: 10613&quot;]Your coin is from Thessalonica; which, when this coin was struck, was controlled by Licinius...so it probably says more about Licinius than it does about Constantine. Of course, Constantinian mints continued using pagan types, mainly Sol, for years. This then brings up the discussion of how much did the Emperor involve himself in designing coins...perhaps mostly leaving it up to mint officials. It may be tempting to assign great importance to coins and believe that they reveal intimate details; but coins, like any other source, must be taken in context. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Back to A.D. 312, shortly after Constantine defeated Maxentius, he began building churches in honor of God. He demolished the camp belonging to the honor guard of Maxentius, the Equites singulares, and built a huge Christian basilica on the spot. Take a guess as to how many pagan temples he built.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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