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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3534888, member: 99456&quot;]<b>Edict of Milan related:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]939511[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Maximinus II</b> AD 310-313 Antioch</p><p>Follis AE, &quot;Persecution issue&quot;</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IOVI CONS-ERVATORI; Jupiter enthroned left, holding globe in right and scepter in left hand</p><p><b>Rev:</b> VICTOR-IA AVGG; Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left; Δ in left field, Є right field; ANT in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Active persecution of Christians during the reign of Maximinus II reached its height during 310-313 in Nicomedia, Antioch, and Alexandria.&nbsp; The major mint cities struck a series of small bronzes honoring the Roman gods - Jupiter, Apollo, Tyche, Serapis among them. The persecutions subsided in AD 313 as a result of the <b>Edict of Milan</b>, jointly issued by Constantine and Licinius which proclaimed a policy of religious freedom, and returned confiscated property to the Christians.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Next up:</b> perhaps a coin of Severus II[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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