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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1651195, member: 42773&quot;]I posted this Constantius II earlier this week, but I&#039;m having some issues dating it and interpreting the code. Any help would be appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s10.postimage.org/b6v8vk0d5/campgate1rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since the obverse legend does not include AVG, but it does include C, that would narrow the minting of the coin to 324-337, since his father, Constantine I, made Constantius II Caesar in 324, and he didn&#039;t become Augustus till 337.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the reverse legend goes, one source says that the extra S in CAESS indicates that there are two legitimate heirs to the throne. Is this correct? Because if this coin was minted between 324 and 337, there would have been THREE legitimate heirs to the throne: the three sons of Constantine I, namely Constans, Constantine II, and Constantius II (George Foreman much?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway...is the extra S in CAESS actually a non-quantitative plural, meaning MORE than one legitimate heir to the throne? Or is it simply a generic plural as in &quot;the foresight of the Caesars&quot; - referring to Caesars in general, and not necessarily to the current ones?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, are there clues in the design and mint marks that narrow the date even further? Because this page at Wildwinds gives some very specific dates to some these coins, sometimes down to a single year...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantius_II/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantius_II/i.html" rel="nofollow">http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantius_II/i.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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