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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2530690, member: 44316&quot;]Constantine is one of the most interesting emperors and one of only two to have the title &quot;FIL AVG&quot; (&quot;FIL AVGG&quot;) (&quot;son of the Augusti&quot;) on coins in his name:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]540872[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540873[/ATTACH] </p><p>This type from Antioch has the title on both sides of the coin. </p><p><font size="4">24 mm.</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; Struck c. early to later 309 at Antioch</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; FL VAL CONSTANTINVS FIL AVG&nbsp; [only one G]</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp; GENIO FIL AVGG&nbsp; [two Gs]</font></p><p><font size="4">This is the only variety mentioning FIL AVGG on the reverse. </font>For more about the reason for the title and its occasion, see the site:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://esty.ancients.info/FILAVGG/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esty.ancients.info/FILAVGG/" rel="nofollow">http://esty.ancients.info/FILAVGG/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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