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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 3232826, member: 10613"]Coins praising the military are smart (and cautious) moves by Emperors, as they only rule as long as they have the support of the military. More than one emperor was "retired" by the army. Consider the later GLORIA EXERCITVS issue of Constantine, no specific reason to issue it, he was just reaffirming his gratitude for the army. </p><p><br /></p><p>Though the VIRTVTI type might not allude to any specific victory (Licinius did have a victory over the Sarmatians in 310), there were other reasons it may have been issued. This type was struck around the same time that Licinius was raised to Augustus (after the conference at Carnuntum) so it was probably seen as important to reassure the military that everything was fine, as this was actually a fairly turbulent time with the Tetrarchy crumbling...remember that Maxentius had defeated Eastern Roman armies in 307. So this type was probably just propaganda for the Eastern Army.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 3232826, member: 10613"]Coins praising the military are smart (and cautious) moves by Emperors, as they only rule as long as they have the support of the military. More than one emperor was "retired" by the army. Consider the later GLORIA EXERCITVS issue of Constantine, no specific reason to issue it, he was just reaffirming his gratitude for the army. Though the VIRTVTI type might not allude to any specific victory (Licinius did have a victory over the Sarmatians in 310), there were other reasons it may have been issued. This type was struck around the same time that Licinius was raised to Augustus (after the conference at Carnuntum) so it was probably seen as important to reassure the military that everything was fine, as this was actually a fairly turbulent time with the Tetrarchy crumbling...remember that Maxentius had defeated Eastern Roman armies in 307. So this type was probably just propaganda for the Eastern Army.[/QUOTE]
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