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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2877208, member: 42773&quot;]The <i>Blessed Tranquility</i> types occur on the coinage of Constantine, Constantine Jr, Crispus, and the Licinii. The issue of these types began in AD 317, after Constantine and Licinius had fought several battles (the Tetrarchs were constantly playing King of the Hill). The truce was uneasy at best, and eventually culminated in a civil war which Constantine won in AD 324. These coins were discontinued a year earlier, presumably when the hostilities would have made them ironic in the extreme.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the blessed tranquility expressed in the reverse inscription was mostly wishful thinking - the nervous quiet before the storm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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