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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2833400, member: 82549&quot;]Here&#039;s a couple of Constantine from mints controlled by Licinius. Notice, also, the presence of the captive on the reverse. I don&#039;t know of any other coins with Jupiter reverses from this time period with a captive besides these 1/2 nummi (or 1/2 folli).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668439[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antioch mint, A.D. 321-323</p><p>RIC 34</p><p>Obv: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI - Jupiter, leaning on eagle-tipped scepter, holding Victory on globe; eagle with wreath at feet to right, captive to left</p><p>SMANTB in exergue; X over IIM (truncated) in right field</p><p>19 mm, 3.1 g.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668443[/ATTACH]</p><p>Nicomedia mint, A.D. 321-324</p><p>RIC 43</p><p>Obv: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI - Jupiter, leaning on eagle-tipped scepter, holding Victory on globe; eagle with wreath at feet to right, captive to left</p><p>SMNB in exergue; X over IIM (truncated) in right field</p><p>19 mm, 2.7 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then there&#039;s these two head scratchers from mints under Constantine&#039;s control:</p><p>1)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668446[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rome mint, A.D. 312-313</p><p>RIC 360</p><p>Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS AVG</p><p>Rev: VIRT EXE-RCIT GALL - Virtus, standing, looking right, holding parazonium and leaning on reversed spear</p><p>RT in exergue; X in left field, VI in right</p><p>20 x 18 mm, 2.6 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Victor Clark has an interesting write-up about the above coin here:</p><p><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/fractions/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/fractions/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/fractions/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>2)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668447[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ticinum mint, A.D. 320</p><p>RIC 131</p><p>Obv: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG</p><p>Rev: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG - Wreath enclosing VOT/XX</p><p>TT in exergue; [star] in center</p><p>19 mm, 2.5 g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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