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Message:: [QUOTE="lehmansterms, post: 2568038, member: 80804"]The VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, 2-Victories holding shield with Vota inscription above a small altar, was one of the first issues of the Centenionalis, a new denomination Constantine introduced c. 319 to replace the much-diminished Follis (interestingly, Licinius continued to strike Folles at the mints he controlled, as well as Constantine's Centenionales).  A major change (aside from Victory, who was always a popular reverse type) was that the Follis had overwhelmingly used pagan deity reverses - Constantine's new Centenionalis removed all the pagan references (except Victory  who, evidently, was already on her way to morphing into the Christian "angel") and replaced them with mainly military and civic types.  The Centenionalis, with several reductions in size and weight, continued to be struck until 348 when the new Majorina-based coinage, typified by the Æ2 FEL TEMP's replaced them. The Majorina also, of course, quickly shrank in size until it was replaced with a reformed Centenionalis by Julian.  This continued to be the main Æ coinage of the House of Valentinian and successors until the introduction in the 380's of the tiny Æ4's we generally call the Nummis / Nummia.[/QUOTE]