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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 7921148, member: 120820&quot;]I doubt there&#039;s too many of these out there ...</p><p><br /></p><p>This is RIC VI Rome 354 for Constantine I, a victory type issued in 312-313 AD after his victory over Maxentius at the battle of Milvian bridge.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s neat about the type, other than simply being rare, is the reverse legend of VICTORIA AVGGG, with three &quot;G&quot;s, referring to Constantine himself plus Licinius and Maximinus II. There&#039;s only a few types with this AVGGG legend, all issued at this time (including a few unlisted ones).</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course Licinius and Maximinus II had no part in Constantine&#039;s victory, but both earlier while preparing to invade Italy, and now afterwards, Constantine seems to have wanted to reassure the others that all was good between them and that they weren&#039;t next!</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC lists two obverses for this type, this one with LDC bust (RIC 354) and another with LC bust (RIC 353), with specimens of both types recorded both in Paris and Vienna. I haven&#039;t seen the Paris coins, but mine is a double die link to the Vienna RIC 354, and their 353 shares the same reverse die, so the number of dies seems very limited. I&#039;ve never seen another for sale, or been able to find another specimen anywhere, but presumably there must be a few ... Anyone ?!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368488[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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