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<p>[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 4163929, member: 83956"]I'm very glad you posted that type, Glenn. Most interesting to me is the reverse legend, COMITI AVGG NN, which does not proclaim Sol to be the unique companion of Constantine. The doubled terminal consonants indicate that this Sol is the companion of “Our Augusti,” plural (<i>augustorum nostrorum</i>). Is the effort to connect this Sol coinage to Constantine’s Apollo vision compromised by the more general application of Sol’s companionship? I would say no. A newfound appreciation of Sol as the divine protector of all Roman leaders does not necessarily preclude a special relationship between Sol and Constantine himself. Indeed, SOLI INVICTO COMITI coins were later struck for Licinius and Maximinus II Daia, but the type is unquestionably to be associated primarily with Constantine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any other ideas for the plural -GG -NN? Was this to keep Galerius happy since he would be included in such a legend? He would have been the other Augustus in 310, though he dies in 311. Maximian and Maxentius would also toy with the Augustus title, though I can't imagine Constantine would want to honor them with it as late as 310. (Maximian dies ca. July of 310 anyway, probably before this coin is struck.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I'm thinking too narrowly; maybe Sol as the <i>comes </i>of the <i>Augusti </i>could refer to any <i>Augustus</i>, not one particular man or set of men. That would help make sense of the legend being used through 312, even with the changing/dying of various <i>augusti</i>. The -GG -NN still seems a curious variant, struck only at London.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 4163929, member: 83956"]I'm very glad you posted that type, Glenn. Most interesting to me is the reverse legend, COMITI AVGG NN, which does not proclaim Sol to be the unique companion of Constantine. The doubled terminal consonants indicate that this Sol is the companion of “Our Augusti,” plural ([I]augustorum nostrorum[/I]). Is the effort to connect this Sol coinage to Constantine’s Apollo vision compromised by the more general application of Sol’s companionship? I would say no. A newfound appreciation of Sol as the divine protector of all Roman leaders does not necessarily preclude a special relationship between Sol and Constantine himself. Indeed, SOLI INVICTO COMITI coins were later struck for Licinius and Maximinus II Daia, but the type is unquestionably to be associated primarily with Constantine. Any other ideas for the plural -GG -NN? Was this to keep Galerius happy since he would be included in such a legend? He would have been the other Augustus in 310, though he dies in 311. Maximian and Maxentius would also toy with the Augustus title, though I can't imagine Constantine would want to honor them with it as late as 310. (Maximian dies ca. July of 310 anyway, probably before this coin is struck.) Maybe I'm thinking too narrowly; maybe Sol as the [I]comes [/I]of the [I]Augusti [/I]could refer to any [I]Augustus[/I], not one particular man or set of men. That would help make sense of the legend being used through 312, even with the changing/dying of various [I]augusti[/I]. The -GG -NN still seems a curious variant, struck only at London.[/QUOTE]
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