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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3203821, member: 44316"]This is discussed at Table 2 of my site on Christian Symbolism on Ancient Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianTable2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianTable2.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianTable2.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It says, "None of the Siscia coins are of Constantine I -- even the coins like this one with his portrait and legend are really of Constantine II who assumed the titles of Constantine. This is easy to prove because there are no coins of Sisica with chi-rho minted for the Caesars -- all chi-rho coins of this type for Constantius II (next) and Constans (second next) have obverse legend with AVG. This contrasts with <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianTable1.html#1.13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianTable1.html#1.13" rel="nofollow">Type 1.13</a> of Constantina (= Arles) which appears for Constantine as Augustus and all the Caesars and Delmatius."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3203821, member: 44316"]This is discussed at Table 2 of my site on Christian Symbolism on Ancient Coins. [url]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianTable2.html[/url] It says, "None of the Siscia coins are of Constantine I -- even the coins like this one with his portrait and legend are really of Constantine II who assumed the titles of Constantine. This is easy to prove because there are no coins of Sisica with chi-rho minted for the Caesars -- all chi-rho coins of this type for Constantius II (next) and Constans (second next) have obverse legend with AVG. This contrasts with [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianTable1.html#1.13']Type 1.13[/URL] of Constantina (= Arles) which appears for Constantine as Augustus and all the Caesars and Delmatius."[/QUOTE]
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