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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7524410, member: 19463&quot;]In case there is anyone left here who cares: There are pretty standard abbreviations for the rulers of this period.&nbsp; CII is Constantine II.&nbsp; Constantius II is CSII.&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect all of you to accept standard opinions but you are not entitled to your own facts.&nbsp; I see several unanswered questions in the Fausta story.&nbsp; Did you notice that her three sons raised no objection to her death?&nbsp; If the story were true, I might expect Constantine to erase her three sons as well.&nbsp; If she really did plot, conspire and have inappropriate relations with Crispus, the standards of that day would suggest that death by steambath was exceedingly merciful.&nbsp; Fausta had gained favor by revealing the plotting of her father and brother against her husband.&nbsp; She was a proven performer in the &#039;game&#039;.&nbsp; &#039;Family&#039;, throughout history, has some interesting twists.&nbsp; There is an old saying that applies here:&nbsp; The only thing worse than being the king&#039;s enemy is being his brother.&nbsp; Taken as a whole, the set of rulers from ancient and medieval times make Constantine the Great look soft and generous.&nbsp; He only killed people who needed to be killed.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you only collect coins of people whose behavior would be considered &#039;saintly&#039; by current standards, your collection will be very small.&nbsp; Perhaps you should consider collecting coins of the Popes.</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/europe/catholic-church-most-controversial-popes/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/europe/catholic-church-most-controversial-popes/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/europe/catholic-church-most-controversial-popes/index.html</a></p><p>Perhaps not.&nbsp;&nbsp; Parthians?&nbsp; Byzantines?&nbsp; Chinese?&nbsp; Maybe coin collecting is not for you?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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