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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 6987343, member: 84905&quot;]Finally (at least as my collection goes) the CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE follis:</p><p><br /></p><p>There is so much information on Victor Clark&#039;s website that it is hardly necessary to discuss the type again. I think this is the most enigmatic of the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Daphne means laurel and it can stand in for victory. Hence, the most obvious message is &quot;Constantine&#039;s victory&quot;. However, I think there is a lot more going on. Victoria is turning away from the symbols of war and defeat in front of her. Perhaps this is again a promise of peace.</p><p>The unusual choice of Daphne may hint at Daphne&#039;s transformation linking it to Constantine&#039;s conversion to Christianity. In a sense, this coin may have a Christian message.</p><p>And finally, it is interesting to note what has been left out of this coin and indeed the whole series. There are no references to Mars the victorious the pacifier or the revenger. There is not even a Sol invincible, or Sol the companion. The whole set is meant to appeal to Christians. It is a Christian coin series, which is most obviously clear of course from the rare SPES PVBLICA, which I don&#039;t have and which conveys the message that the hope of the population will rest on Christianity.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273817[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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