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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 7895693, member: 120820&quot;]Most of these traditional roman deities disappeared from the bronze coinage with Diocletian&#039;s coinage reform. By the time of Constantine SPES legends on the bronze coinage are accompanied by imperial reverses. It was the emperor and his family who were delivering the hope, not Spes! Ditto for Salus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Spes herself had not totally disappeared though. She did appear on two gold coins of Constantine: a Trier aureus from 306-307 AD (RIC VI Trier 633), and an unlisted Ticinum solidus from 315 AD (for Constantine&#039;s decennalia).</p><p><br /></p><p>Not in my collection, sadly, but here are these types from the British Museum:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1363173[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1363174[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Are there any later appearances of Spes?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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