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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 2721527, member: 10613"]most definitely Constantine, per our primary source on this- Eusebius</p><p><br /></p><p> "At the same time coins were struck portraying the Blessed One on the obverse in the form of one with head veiled, on the reverse like a charioteer on a quadriga, being taken up by a right hand stretched out to him from above." <i>Life of Constantine </i> IV 73</p><p><br /></p><p>here is a later coin with the manus dei from Arcadius</p><p><br /></p><p>Arcadius</p><p>A.D. 378- 383</p><p>21x23mm 5.7gm</p><p>DN ARCAD-IVS P F AVG; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; holding spear and shield in front, hand of God holding crown above.</p><p>GLORIA ROMANORVM; Emperor standing facing, head l., labarum in r. hand, left hand on shield, captive at feet on left.</p><p>In ex. ✶SMNΔ•</p><p>RIC IX Nicomedia 26 var.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]616683[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 2721527, member: 10613"]most definitely Constantine, per our primary source on this- Eusebius "At the same time coins were struck portraying the Blessed One on the obverse in the form of one with head veiled, on the reverse like a charioteer on a quadriga, being taken up by a right hand stretched out to him from above." [I]Life of Constantine [/I] IV 73 here is a later coin with the manus dei from Arcadius Arcadius A.D. 378- 383 21x23mm 5.7gm DN ARCAD-IVS P F AVG; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; holding spear and shield in front, hand of God holding crown above. GLORIA ROMANORVM; Emperor standing facing, head l., labarum in r. hand, left hand on shield, captive at feet on left. In ex. ✶SMNΔ• RIC IX Nicomedia 26 var. [ATTACH=full]616683[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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