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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 24601819, member: 10613&quot;]just cleaned up</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1563028[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">Constantine I</font></p><p><font size="5">A.D. 322-323</font></p><p><font size="5">19mm 3.0g</font></p><p><font size="5">CONSTAN-•TINVS AVG; laureate head right.</font></p><p><font size="5">SARMATIA DEVICTA; Victory advancing r., holding trophy, palm branch, spurning captive std. on ground to right.</font></p><p><font size="5">In ex. S✶AR</font></p><p><font size="5">RIC VII Arles 257</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">There is a dot in the obverse legend--•TINVS AVG</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">The Sarmatia coins were issued from London, Lyon, Arles, Trier and Sirmium.</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">“When Constantine learned that the Sarmatians, who live near Lake Maeotis, had sailed across the Danube and were pillaging his territory, he led his army against them…he killed many, took more prisoners and put the rest to flight.” Zosimus 2:21</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">&quot;Licinius did not accept the gold coinage on which Constantine emblazoned his victory against the Sarmatians, but melted it down and converted it to other uses, giving no answer to those who faulted him with regard to this than that he did not wish foreign affairs to have a place in domestic business.&quot; Petrus Patricius (circa A.D. 500- 565) The Lost History of Peter the Patrician F 208</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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