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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3404372, member: 44316"]If you want to know more about VOTA coins, see my page</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/</a></p><p>On a linked page covering VOTA coins of the mid-fourth century </p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/VOTX.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/VOTX.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/VOTX.html</a></p><p>there is an example of the OP type for Constantius II:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]904065[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius II</p><p>14 mm. 1.89 grams.</p><p>VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC VIII Antioch 113 struck "347-348". Very common. From 15 officina!</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius II had a long reign. Made Caesar in 324, he became Augustus upon Constantine's death in 337 and ruled with brothers and cousins until 361. This type has vows for 20 years multiplied to 30 years.</p><p>John Kent (author of RIC VIII) argues that copper production shut down almost completely in 340 and was not resumed until 347 with a few types issued only shortly before the coin reform of 348 that introduced the very common FEL TEMP REPARATIO types. How can we understand the type if that date is right? I don't know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3404372, member: 44316"]If you want to know more about VOTA coins, see my page [url]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/[/url] On a linked page covering VOTA coins of the mid-fourth century [url]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/VOTX.html[/url] there is an example of the OP type for Constantius II: [ATTACH=full]904065[/ATTACH] Constantius II 14 mm. 1.89 grams. VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX RIC VIII Antioch 113 struck "347-348". Very common. From 15 officina! Constantius II had a long reign. Made Caesar in 324, he became Augustus upon Constantine's death in 337 and ruled with brothers and cousins until 361. This type has vows for 20 years multiplied to 30 years. John Kent (author of RIC VIII) argues that copper production shut down almost completely in 340 and was not resumed until 347 with a few types issued only shortly before the coin reform of 348 that introduced the very common FEL TEMP REPARATIO types. How can we understand the type if that date is right? I don't know.[/QUOTE]
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