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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2646474, member: 82549&quot;]Reading up a bit on the life of Constantine the Great. One book mentioned a couple of instances where CtG arrived in a mint city and the coins reflected this by adding a star to the reverse field. An example:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/23.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>London mint, A.D. 310-312</p><p>RIC 133</p><p>Obv: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: ADVE-NTVS AVG - Prince on horseback holding spear and raising right hand; captive in front</p><p>PLN in exergue; star in right field</p><p>21 x 24 mm, 4.2 g.</p><p>(All my London mint coins from A.D. 310-313 have a star in the field.)</p><p><br /></p><p>So my question is: how consistent is this? If I have a CtG coin with a star in the reverse field, can I assume he was in town when the coin was minted. I did a little poking around and came to the conclusion that stars in the mint mark don&#039;t necessarily indicate his presence--does anyone know if these stars have any particular significance?--but before I spend any more time looking into the possibility that the reverse stars were meant to denote his presence, has anyone already determined this one way of the other?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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