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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 4529486, member: 56653&quot;]There was a brief period of confusion at the mint of Antioch in 308, when the mint had to make up its mind whether to depict Constantine as Caesar or as the &quot;son of the Augustus.&quot; This coin is from that period, possibly before deciding to opt for the FIL AVG:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121884[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This pairing of FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES with GENO CAESARIS* is unlisted in RIC and seems to be rather scarce but this might be due to an error, which means that NOB CAES can be with GENIO CAESARIS while FIL AVG was used with GENIO FIL AVGG. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is earlier than OP (Group IV i RIC VI Antioch 104var, unlisted for obverse legend), possibly dating before Carnuntum (autumn 308).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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