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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 7812359, member: 10613"]The first connection is that this reverse, like the earlier types, is unique to Constantine...this can't be stressed enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have written a lot about why I don't believe this type has anything to do with a fort (see my thesis or my DAFNE page); but one reason...the Romans built many forts-- how many coins mention them?</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dafne fortress also seems to have been built in 328 and the coinage might have been struck in late 327, before the fort was built.</p><p><br /></p><p>An important bridge was built to connect to the fort and a medallion was struck to commemorate the bridge; but no medallions for the fort.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342363[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I could go on and on; but I don't think I would change your mind and I think it's more important to just be familiar with the type and the theories. I also don't exclude that this type can also reference victory over Goths...it is a culmination of Constantinian victories.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 7812359, member: 10613"]The first connection is that this reverse, like the earlier types, is unique to Constantine...this can't be stressed enough. I have written a lot about why I don't believe this type has anything to do with a fort (see my thesis or my DAFNE page); but one reason...the Romans built many forts-- how many coins mention them? The Dafne fortress also seems to have been built in 328 and the coinage might have been struck in late 327, before the fort was built. An important bridge was built to connect to the fort and a medallion was struck to commemorate the bridge; but no medallions for the fort. [ATTACH=full]1342363[/ATTACH] I could go on and on; but I don't think I would change your mind and I think it's more important to just be familiar with the type and the theories. I also don't exclude that this type can also reference victory over Goths...it is a culmination of Constantinian victories.[/QUOTE]
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