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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3017955, member: 14873"]<font face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">You are very welcome [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER]. I hope you do not mind me adding the following to your excellent original post:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">In 296 Constantius launched a powerful naval invasion force against Britain in two divisions: one led by himself, which sailed from Boulogne and the other led by the Praetorian Prefect of Maximian Herculius, Asclepiodotus, which sailed from the mouth of the river Seine. The mission of Constantius was to remove Allectus from power and restore Britain to the Empire. This mission was accomplished and although Constantius was in overall command of the operation, some historical sources assert it was the force under Asclepiodotus that did most of the fighting on land and in fact it was they who defeated and killed Allectus during the decisive battle. Constantius subsequently entered the city of London to proclaim his conquest as restorer of the eternal light of the Roman Empire: <i>Redditor Lucis Aeternae</i>.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">The following photograph of a bronze copy of the famous ten aurei multiple (RIC VOLUME VI, TREVERI, No. 34), the original of which presently resides in the museum at Arras, commemorates the restoration of Britain to the Roman Empire by Constantius in 296. It depicts the personification of Londinium (LON) kneeling and supplicating to Constantius (on horseback) outside of the City Fortification while a galley with Roman soldiers waits on the river Thames(?).</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/6trev34ox.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/6trev34rx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOBIL CAES</b> ............. <b>REDDITOR LVCIS AETERNAE</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>LON</b> (reverse right) <b>PTR</b> (reverse exergue)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">The London Mint re-opened by Constantius</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Constantius re-opened the London Mint, now as an official facility with one officina (workshop), which continued to operate, somewhat sporadically, until its closure in 325. It seems very likely that initially the work force consisted of British die engravers and other workers, formerly employed by the Carausius/Allectus Mints, now supervised and mixed in with Lugdunese mint workers who accompanied the Constantius invasion force.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3017955, member: 14873"][FONT=Times New Roman] You are very welcome [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER]. I hope you do not mind me adding the following to your excellent original post: In 296 Constantius launched a powerful naval invasion force against Britain in two divisions: one led by himself, which sailed from Boulogne and the other led by the Praetorian Prefect of Maximian Herculius, Asclepiodotus, which sailed from the mouth of the river Seine. The mission of Constantius was to remove Allectus from power and restore Britain to the Empire. This mission was accomplished and although Constantius was in overall command of the operation, some historical sources assert it was the force under Asclepiodotus that did most of the fighting on land and in fact it was they who defeated and killed Allectus during the decisive battle. Constantius subsequently entered the city of London to proclaim his conquest as restorer of the eternal light of the Roman Empire: [I]Redditor Lucis Aeternae[/I]. The following photograph of a bronze copy of the famous ten aurei multiple (RIC VOLUME VI, TREVERI, No. 34), the original of which presently resides in the museum at Arras, commemorates the restoration of Britain to the Roman Empire by Constantius in 296. It depicts the personification of Londinium (LON) kneeling and supplicating to Constantius (on horseback) outside of the City Fortification while a galley with Roman soldiers waits on the river Thames(?). [IMG]http://jp29.org/6trev34ox.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://jp29.org/6trev34rx.jpg[/IMG] [B]FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOBIL CAES[/B] ............. [B]REDDITOR LVCIS AETERNAE[/B] [B]LON[/B] (reverse right) [B]PTR[/B] (reverse exergue) [/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman]The London Mint re-opened by Constantius[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman] Constantius re-opened the London Mint, now as an official facility with one officina (workshop), which continued to operate, somewhat sporadically, until its closure in 325. It seems very likely that initially the work force consisted of British die engravers and other workers, formerly employed by the Carausius/Allectus Mints, now supervised and mixed in with Lugdunese mint workers who accompanied the Constantius invasion force.[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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