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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 4028696, member: 83956&quot;]So I was reading around about the reverse legend MARTI PATRI CONSERVATOR, which appears on early folles of Constantine, ca. 307. In the old <i>DICTIONARY OF ROMAN COINS</i> I read this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058938[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I was particularly curious about the possibility that “the features and helmet of Constantine himself are plainly to be recognized.” If the Beger here is Lorenz Beger (d. 1705), that’s a pretty old authority. The reverse figure on this coin seems to be the same figure as on other Mars coinage, such as the Marti Propvgnatori coins. Does anyone subscribe to the view that this reverse figure is Constantine, or does the conventional wisdom prevail that the figure indeed is Mars?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/18.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This lovely example of the coin in question is one that [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER] had posted to another thread on this board.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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