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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4587883, member: 82549"]Thank you for this explanation, DonnaML. I looked at the coin in question (<i>Nicomedia mint, A.D. 311, RIC 70, var.</i>). There is no exposed breast. And I noticed another clue that I had overlooked before: the figure is holding a trophy over his left shoulder! (I had originally interpreted it as the cloak.) So it is clearly a soldier. Thank you for clearing this up.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that raises another question. There are several issues of Constantine's with the reverse inscription MARTI CONSERVATORI--along with a few variations--that depict a figure in military dress. Compare these two coins, both from the same mint, minted one year apart:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/18.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Treveri (Trier) mint, A.D. 309</p><p>RIC 830</p><p>Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: MARTI PATRI CONSERVATORI - Mars, helmeted, nude, standing, facing right, holding reverse spear, resting shield on ground</p><p>PTR in exergue; T in left field, F in right</p><p>25 mm, 7.6 g.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/28.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Treveri (Trier) mint, A.D. 310-313</p><p>RIC 862</p><p>Obv: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: MARTI CON-SERVATORI - Mars, helmeted, in military dress, holding reverse spear, resting hand on shield</p><p>PTR in exergue; T in left field, F in right</p><p>24 mm, 4.4 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>The upper coin is clearly Mars. But I wonder if the lower coin might be depicting the personification of the military, the point being that Mars is the protector of soldiers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4587883, member: 82549"]Thank you for this explanation, DonnaML. I looked at the coin in question ([I]Nicomedia mint, A.D. 311, RIC 70, var.[/I]). There is no exposed breast. And I noticed another clue that I had overlooked before: the figure is holding a trophy over his left shoulder! (I had originally interpreted it as the cloak.) So it is clearly a soldier. Thank you for clearing this up. But that raises another question. There are several issues of Constantine's with the reverse inscription MARTI CONSERVATORI--along with a few variations--that depict a figure in military dress. Compare these two coins, both from the same mint, minted one year apart: [IMG]http://feltemp.com/Images/18.jpg[/IMG] Treveri (Trier) mint, A.D. 309 RIC 830 Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Rev: MARTI PATRI CONSERVATORI - Mars, helmeted, nude, standing, facing right, holding reverse spear, resting shield on ground PTR in exergue; T in left field, F in right 25 mm, 7.6 g. [IMG]http://feltemp.com/Images/28.jpg[/IMG] Treveri (Trier) mint, A.D. 310-313 RIC 862 Obv: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Rev: MARTI CON-SERVATORI - Mars, helmeted, in military dress, holding reverse spear, resting hand on shield PTR in exergue; T in left field, F in right 24 mm, 4.4 g. The upper coin is clearly Mars. But I wonder if the lower coin might be depicting the personification of the military, the point being that Mars is the protector of soldiers.[/QUOTE]
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