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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 7997788, member: 120820&quot;]This is RIC VIII Rome 252, issued by Constantius II in late 352 AD, having taken control of Italy while in pursuit of Magnentius to their final battle in southern France a few months later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG</p><p>Rev: VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES (VOT XXX)</p><p><br /></p><p>The type is identical to one Magentius had been issuing from Rome and elsewhere, except that the &quot;AVG ET CAES&quot; now refers to Constantius and Gallus rather than Magentius and Decentius, and Constantius (now in his 15th year) is offering vows for his 30th anniversay (VOT XXX), while Magnetius had been hoping in vain to make it to his 5th (VOT V MVLT X).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1387357[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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