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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8349372, member: 87809&quot;]Just adding to your thorough description<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I understand that there are: </p><p>&quot;vota suscepta&quot; = vows for the future and &quot;vota soluta&quot; = vows fulfilled</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that the XX on your coin are vota suscepta, for the next twenty years, and not for the past twenty years. Constantine the Great is thus saying that he will be D(ominus) N(oster) CONSTANTINI MAX(imus) AVG(ustus) for the future 20 years. Since his reign started in 306 AD and the coin was issued in 321, he couldn&#039;t be giving vows for the past.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, for the decennalia and vicennalia festivals vota soluta were celebrated, see <a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Decennalia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Decennalia" rel="nofollow">https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Decennalia</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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