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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2827687, member: 82549&quot;]This is in response to a question I had regarding a thread started by Dave@PCC called &quot;A Commemorative Journey.&quot; It concerns two coins of his that he shared in that thread:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]665703[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>Commemorative Series</p><p>Mint Constantinople</p><p>336/337 AD</p><p>Obvs: VRBS ROMA, Helmeted and mantled bust of Roma left.</p><p>Revs: Two soldiers standing facing one another, each holding reversed spear and resting hand upon shield. Between, signum surmounted by banner with annulet. CONSϵ</p><p>AE 15x16mm, 1.44g</p><p>Ref: RIC VII.143</p><p><br /></p><p>and </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]665702[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mint Constantinople</p><p>336/337 AD</p><p>Obvs: CONSTANTINOPOLI, Laureate and helmeted bust left, wearing imperial mantle, holding reversed spear.</p><p>Revs: Two soldiers standing facing one another, each holding reversed spear and resting hand upon shield. Between, signum surmounted by banner with annulet. CONSZ</p><p>AE 13x15mm, 127g</p><p>Ref: RIC VII.144</p><p>ex Warren Esty</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the question that I posed:</p><p>At one time it was proposed that these were minted during the interregnum, the period following the death of Constantine but before his sons had a chance to initiate the murders of Decentius and Hannibalianus. Is that hypothesis still credible, or has it been rejected?</p><p><br /></p><p>Dave wrote: &quot;CNG and others use a generic 330 to 354 date for these.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The sons of Constantine waited, I think, about 3 months before declaring themselves co-Augusti. (This was to give themselves time to eliminate any potential rival claimants.) During this time (337 C.E.) there was no Augustus whose portrait belonged on the obverse, so it seems reasonable that many of these--what, hybrids?--were minted during this time. It&#039;s possible that these coins continued to be minted after the brothers claimed the purple, but I don&#039;t know how they came up with 354. Anyone know?</p><p><br /></p><p>The other question is how they came up with 330 as a beginning date, 7 years before the death of Constantine. Is there any hoard or other data to support this? Are there 2-standards versions of these? I&#039;ve never seen any.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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