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Constantine The Great- Posthumous commemorative Aequitas
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!

Constantine The Great- Posthumous commemorative Aequitas

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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