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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 3156462, member: 80804&quot;]A Constantinopolis centenionalis - the terminology has changed. Technically, the pagan-reverse folles were retired as a denomination in favor of a new denomination - the centenionalis - of about the same size and weight as the follis, but eschewing all the typical gods and strictly sporting reverses with military and other secular themes, ca 319 AD.). Only Victory (who was well on the way to being co-opted as the Christian &quot;angel&quot;) was retained out of the Greco/Roman Olympian mythic pantheon - all the other pagan gods and references were dropped. Then, in 330, in honor of the inauguration of Constantinople as the new administrative capital, an enormous emission of centenionales was created. This was partly to honor the new capital - CONSTANTINOPOLIS (and Rome - VRBS ROMA, so they didn&#039;t feel left out) and partly to fill the desperate need for vast new quantities of coin during an inflationary period. The very common (perhaps the most common coin type surviving from antiquity) GLORIA EXERCITVS Soldiers and standard(s) centenionales in the names of Constantine and all his surviving children as Caesars, as well as the scarcer issue in honor of Delmatius, belong to this same lengthy emission which ran from 330-337 with a weight reduction indicated by the change from two standards to a single standard between the soldiers ca 335/6.</p><p>Both the city commemorative types and the Gloria Ex reverses would also make appearances during the period 337-348 under Constantine&#039;s sons as Augusti. </p><p>Your first choice ancient coin is representative of a really crucial and pivotal point in the Roman Empire&#039;s history. Good luck with your further education and collection - and never hesitate to ask questions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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