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Constantine The Great- Posthumous commemorative Aequitas
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Constantine the Great, early 307 - 22 May 337 A.D.
Obverse:
Constantine with veiled bust right
DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG
DV: Divus, Divine (acclaimed a deity), Divus was applied to consecrated deceased rulers.
CONSTANTI-NVS: Constantine
PT: Pather, farther (is used with AVGG)
AVGG: Augustus, more than one emperor
Reverse:
IVST VENER MEMOR
IVST: IVSTITA, The personification of justice.
VENER: Venerabilis (revered memory)
MEMOR: MEMORIA, memory
IVST (JUST) means just in the sense of fair, so the legend means "justly venerated memory".
VENER MEMOR/ VNMR (revered memory) was used on the consecration coins of Constantine the Great.
Aequitas standing left holding scales and a scepter. She's also winged on this coin.
Domination: Bronze, AE 4, Size 14 mm. Posthumous commemorative for Constantine the Great
Mint: SMALΓ, Alexandria, Oficina=Γ Gamma (3rd Oficina). The choices for this time period at Alexandria are - A /α (Alpha, first), B /β (Beta, second), (Gamma/Γ, third) and (Delta /Δ,forth).
The coin is dedicated to Constantine The Great by one of his sons from 341 to 347AD
The attribution is RIC VIII Alexandria 28, minted in 345-347. RIC rates the coin as merely "scarce", but perhaps that's rather an understatement!
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