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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2583932, member: 82549&quot;]I have a question about this coin of Constantine the Great:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/84.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arles mint, A.D. 325-326</p><p>RIC 291</p><p>Obv: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG</p><p>Rev: VIRTV-S AVGG - Campgate with open doors and 4 turrets; star above</p><p>PA[crescent]RL in exergue</p><p>20 x 18 mm, 2.2 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine defeated Licinius in 324 CE to become sole emperor. So who is the extra G in the reverse inscription for (AVGG)? Was he planning to elevate Crispus as co-Augustus? If so, why are there no coins of Crispus as Augustus?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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