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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 4640029, member: 83956&quot;][ATTACH=full]1146683[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So I recently picked up this scarce-ish LRB of Constantine. These coins were struck only in London, 310-312. The reverse showing CONCORDIA holding two standards seems to be reviving a Probus reverse motif. The reverse CONCORDIA MILITVM is “Concord of the Soldiers.” MILITVM is a genitive plural form, presumably of possession.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m wondering what significance, if any, to attach to this CONCORDIA motif. It’s customary to think of concord as being between two persons or things—Antony and Octavian shaking right hands on a quinarius, for example.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is the “concord” between on this coin? Some thoughts:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Between Constantine and his men? Does Constantine wish to show his concord <i>with</i> the soldiers that still could be glossed as CONCORDIA MILITVM?</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Among the rank and file of the soldiers themselves—a “Band of Brothers” motif?</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Hope to unite rival factions? A desire to unite the Roman army since it seems to be fracturing in the West thanks to Maxentius’s usurpation in Rome beginning in 306?</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Would love to hear some idle speculation that will prevent me from going out to stain my deck in this 90-degree Tennessee heat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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