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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 26175316, member: 10613&quot;]some more Sirmium (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)</p><p><br /></p><p>here is one that needed a light cleaning</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1670842[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I</p><p>A.D. 324-325</p><p>18x20mm&nbsp; &nbsp; 3.1g</p><p>CONSTAN-TINVS AVG; laureate head right.</p><p>SARMATIA DEVICTA; Victory advancing r., holding trophy, palm branch, spurning captive std. on ground to right.</p><p>in ex. SIRM </p><p>RIC VII Sirmium 48</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin refers to a major victory over the Sarmatians in 322 A.D. This victory, however, was a big reason for the civil war with Licinius, since the territory that Constantine fought the Sarmatians in was actually under the control of Licinius.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“When Constantine learned that the Sarmatians, who live near Lake Maeotis, had sailed across the Danube and were pillaging his territory, he led his army against them…he killed many, took more prisoners and put the rest to flight.” Zosimus 2:21</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Licinius did not accept the gold coinage on which Constantine emblazoned his victory against the Sarmatians, but melted it down and converted it to other uses, giving no answer to those who faulted him with regard to this than that he did not wish foreign affairs to have a place in domestic business.&quot; Petrus Patricius (circa A.D. 500- 565) The Lost History of Peter the Patrician&nbsp; F 208</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and this coin is an unofficial issue that pairs Constantine I with an ALAMANNIA DEVICTA that was only officially issued for Crispus and Constantine II</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1670843[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I</p><p>circa A.D. 324- 325</p><p>17mm&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.1gm</p><p>CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, Laureate bust right.</p><p>ALMANNI-A DEVICT, Victory standing right, on bound captive with head turned to left, holding laurel branch and trophy.</p><p>In ex. SIRM[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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