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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 4275878, member: 80804&quot;]The Constantius commemorated on this half-or-quarter follis issue was Constantius I. He was Constantine I&#039;s (the Great&#039;s) father so it is correct that he was Constantius II&#039;s grandfather. He died at York in Britannia in 306. The commemorative issue cited dates to 317-318 AD so he definitely did not live for two decades after the commemorative was issued. </p><p>I&#039;m pretty certain that the commemoratives of this group are credited to Constantine I. Constantius II wasn&#039;t elevated to Caesar until 324 AD. Between being Caesar, 324-337, and Augustus from 337-361, he was in a high position of power for almost 40 years - all of it was after the issue of these coins which predate his elevation to Caesar.</p><p>Not too sure who you&#039;re thinking of here at two decades, but that&#039;s a quite decent specimen. There are a couple of legend varieties and a couple others who were similarly commemorated at the time including Claudius Gothicus from whom Constantine claimed descent and Maximian, his father-in-law.</p><p>I have a nicer specimen of this (I think) which I haven&#039;t gotten around to photographing, there are several varieties for each predecessor honored in this issue, but this is another example of the general type for Constantius I:</p><p><img src="http://old.stoa.org/albums/album164/12_Constantius_I_post_ROM_ROM.sized.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Posthumous Commemorative for</p><p>Constantius I, d. 306 AD.</p><p>&quot;Æ3&quot; Billon fractional follis, 18mm, 2.86g, 12h</p><p>Mint of Rome, 317 AD.</p><p>Obv: DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO PRINCIP </p><p>laureate and veiled head of Constantius I right</p><p>Rx: REQVIES OPTIMOR MERIT </p><p>Constantius seated left on curule chair; raising hand and holding transverse scepter //&nbsp; R&nbsp; Q.</p><p><i>RIC VII 105; SRCV 16430; SR (&#039;88) 3693; VM 41</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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