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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3843707, member: 44316&quot;]The OP coin is a vota type. Here is a site with more than you want to know about vota coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Vows for year 15, like on the OP coin, are on this page:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/XV.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/XV.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/XV.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The type is for year 15 of Constantine and was also minted for Licinius [the OP coin], Licinius II [the second coin], Crispus, and Constantine II.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019813[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Constantine</b> (306-307-337). </p><p>AE3. 19-18 mm.</p><p>ROMAE AETERNAE around Roma seated right on shield, holding shield inscribed <b>X/V</b> </p><p>R Q in exergue, P&nbsp; R in fields (<b>P</b>OPVLI <b>R</b>OMANI?)</p><p>RIC VII Rome 146 page 314 &quot;318-19&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Year 15</b>.&nbsp; The fifteenth year of Constantine&#039;s reign was 320 or 321 (Depending upon when he took his original vows, in 306 as Caesar or 307 as Augustus). Late Roman coins are dated by <i>RIC</i> as if the years were for vows <i>suscepta</i> taken for a five-year period and the terminal year is on the coin, not the year the vow was taken. Thus this coin is dated to 318-319, recording the vows as taken in advance of the occasion for their fulfillment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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