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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7748602, member: 99456"]An entertaining idea for a post [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], and an interesting Julia Mamaea. I sold off most of my late roman bronzes a long time ago...here's a coin I haven't looked at for a while. This coin perhaps appropriate, for its date. In AD 324 on <b>July 3rd</b> Constantine was picking a fight with Licinius at Adrianople (the Battle of Adrianople, aka Hadrianopolis, today Edirne in Turkey)[ATTACH=full]1326630[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Constantine I "The Great",</b> 307/310-337, Follis (2.95g, 18.5mm, 12h) , Thessalonica, struck AD 324</p><p><b>Obv:</b> CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head right.</p><p><b>Rev: </b>D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG / TSEVI. VOT / XX in two lines within wreath.</p><p><b>Ref: </b>RIC VII Thessalonica <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.7.thes.123" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.7.thes.123" rel="nofollow">123</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Checking Google Maps: it isn't too many days journey between Thessalonica and Adrianople.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1326633[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">"When they had thus established their naval and military forces, <b>Licinius</b> encamped at <b>Adrianople in Thrace</b>, whilst <b>Constantine</b> sent for his navy from Piraeus, which was built and manned chiefly in Greece. Advancing with his infantry from <b>Thessalonica</b>, he encamped on the bank of the river Hebrus, which runs to the left of Adrianople."</font></p><p><font size="4">-Zosimus, New History, <a href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/zosimus/zosimus-new-history-2/zosimus-new-history-2.22/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/zosimus/zosimus-new-history-2/zosimus-new-history-2.22/" rel="nofollow">Book 2.22.3</a></font></p><p><b><font size="4"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">Licinius didn't fare well in this battle:</font></b></p><p><font size="4">"...the rest of his [Constantine's] army crossed the river in security, and a great slaughter commenced. Nearly thirty thousand fell; and about sunset Constantine took their camp, while Licinius, with all the forces he could muster, hastened through Thrace to his ships."</font></p><p><font size="4">-Zosimus, New History, <a href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/zosimus/zosimus-new-history-2/zosimus-new-history-2.22/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/zosimus/zosimus-new-history-2/zosimus-new-history-2.22/" rel="nofollow">Book 2.22.7</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">In the end, being married to Constantine's half-sister (both were children of Constantius I "Chlorus") didn't help Licinius I or II much.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7748602, member: 99456"]An entertaining idea for a post [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], and an interesting Julia Mamaea. I sold off most of my late roman bronzes a long time ago...here's a coin I haven't looked at for a while. This coin perhaps appropriate, for its date. In AD 324 on [B]July 3rd[/B] Constantine was picking a fight with Licinius at Adrianople (the Battle of Adrianople, aka Hadrianopolis, today Edirne in Turkey)[ATTACH=full]1326630[/ATTACH] [B]Constantine I "The Great",[/B] 307/310-337, Follis (2.95g, 18.5mm, 12h) , Thessalonica, struck AD 324 [B]Obv:[/B] CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head right. [B]Rev: [/B]D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG / TSEVI. VOT / XX in two lines within wreath. [B]Ref: [/B]RIC VII Thessalonica [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.7.thes.123']123[/URL] Checking Google Maps: it isn't too many days journey between Thessalonica and Adrianople. [ATTACH=full]1326633[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4] "When they had thus established their naval and military forces, [B]Licinius[/B] encamped at [B]Adrianople in Thrace[/B], whilst [B]Constantine[/B] sent for his navy from Piraeus, which was built and manned chiefly in Greece. Advancing with his infantry from [B]Thessalonica[/B], he encamped on the bank of the river Hebrus, which runs to the left of Adrianople." -Zosimus, New History, [URL='https://www.livius.org/sources/content/zosimus/zosimus-new-history-2/zosimus-new-history-2.22/']Book 2.22.3[/URL][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=4] Licinius didn't fare well in this battle:[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4]"...the rest of his [Constantine's] army crossed the river in security, and a great slaughter commenced. Nearly thirty thousand fell; and about sunset Constantine took their camp, while Licinius, with all the forces he could muster, hastened through Thrace to his ships." -Zosimus, New History, [URL='https://www.livius.org/sources/content/zosimus/zosimus-new-history-2/zosimus-new-history-2.22/']Book 2.22.7[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]In the end, being married to Constantine's half-sister (both were children of Constantius I "Chlorus") didn't help Licinius I or II much.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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