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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 7764507, member: 120820&quot;]Well, true in general, but often there are enough other constraints to make the &quot;COS X or COS Y&quot; alternative obvious.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this case there&#039;s also an unlisted consular Constantine I VOT XX coin in the decorated wreath issue, so in the vicinity of 320 AD we have a choice between:</p><p><br /></p><p>319 AD = COS V&nbsp; [Edit - date fixed ]</p><p>320 AD = COS VI</p><p>326 AD = COS VII</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/notInRic/7rom-237_k3.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/notInRic/7rom-237_k3.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/notInRic/7rom-237_k3.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So it seems it has to be 320 AD (or 319 AD), and any issues before the decorated wreath therefore have to be same year or earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s conceivable that the Constantine II coin could be COS II or even as late as COS III (324 AD), if the decorated wreath issue (to be followed by palms-in-field one) lasted that long, but the issue itself must have started by the Constantine I COS VI date of 320 AD, therefore the VOT X issue predates that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that vota soluta types generally were not issued in the anniversary year they are marking, nor were vota suscepta types issued on anniversaries. They are typically much more random than that - often issued years ahead of time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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