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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 7881360, member: 120820&quot;]What&#039;s great about coins of this imperial time period is that there is at least a good amount of &quot;current events&quot; reflected on the coinage. Some explicit and some implicit if you look at irregularities that are best explained by geographical proximity and current relations.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think we can read anything into these abbreviated legends - there are so many variations, especially here from London, that I can only suppose it was left up to the engravers to abbreviate as necessary.</p><p><br /></p><p>For Constantine himself, we see pretty much every possible abbreviation, in addition to an IN(VICTVS) thrown in there, likely also on whim of some engraver.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMP C PF AVG</p><p>IMP C P AVG</p><p>C PF IN AVG</p><p>C PF AVG</p><p>C P AVG</p><p>C P AG</p><p>C AVG</p><p>C AG[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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