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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3209995, member: 75937"]As the Tetrarchy fell apart, Constantine I began to publicly assert that he was descended from Claudius Gothicus. This illustrious ancestry formed the basis for Constantine's claim to have the right to rule over an undivided empire. Constantine claimed that his grandmother was a daughter or a niece of Claudius II, who died of the plague nearly 50 years previously, in AD 270.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the only example I have; it's from Siscia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]833221[/ATTACH]</p><p>Divus Claudius II Gothicus. Died AD 270.</p><p>Roman billon half follis, 1.31 g, 15.3 mm, 8 h.</p><p>Siscia mint. Struck under Constantine I, AD 317-318.</p><p>Obv: DIVO CLAVDIO OPTIMO IMP, laureate and veiled head right.</p><p>Rev: REQVIES OPTIMO-RVM MERITORVM, Divus Claudius seated left on curule chair, raising right hand and holding scepter in left; SIS in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC VII 43; Cohen 245; RCV 16398.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3209995, member: 75937"]As the Tetrarchy fell apart, Constantine I began to publicly assert that he was descended from Claudius Gothicus. This illustrious ancestry formed the basis for Constantine's claim to have the right to rule over an undivided empire. Constantine claimed that his grandmother was a daughter or a niece of Claudius II, who died of the plague nearly 50 years previously, in AD 270. Here's the only example I have; it's from Siscia: [ATTACH=full]833221[/ATTACH] Divus Claudius II Gothicus. Died AD 270. Roman billon half follis, 1.31 g, 15.3 mm, 8 h. Siscia mint. Struck under Constantine I, AD 317-318. Obv: DIVO CLAVDIO OPTIMO IMP, laureate and veiled head right. Rev: REQVIES OPTIMO-RVM MERITORVM, Divus Claudius seated left on curule chair, raising right hand and holding scepter in left; SIS in exergue. Refs: RIC VII 43; Cohen 245; RCV 16398.[/QUOTE]
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