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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 2529599, member: 10613&quot;]I would like to link to my page on DAFNE types</p><p><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com//DAFNE/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com//DAFNE/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com//DAFNE/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and point out that this type is really just a continuation of Constantine&#039;s victory over Licinius coinage that was issued at Constantinople. Dafne in Greek has another meaning as victory and CONSTANTINIANA is used as an adjective so the legend translates as &quot;Constantinian Victory&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>So the DAFNE types finished the series commemorating the second Civil War with Licinius. A bit from RIC about the earlier issues-</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;“Four entirely new types were created for Constantine, GLORIA EXERCITVS, GLORIA ROMANORVM, LIBERTAS PVBLICA, and SPES PVBLIC…Here the reverses record a summing up of the Civil War II, the glory of the army constituting the glory of the Empire, the death of the tyrant (SPES PVBLIC) granting liberty for all.” RIC VII pg 567.</p><p><br /></p><p>This issue also has nothing to do with a fort being built and note that Victory does not actually hold a palm branch in each hand, but laurel in right and palm in left. Voetter recognized this as early as 1921, but Bruun did not notice the difference for RIC VII.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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