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Constantine I. not in RIC
Heliodromus:
--- Quote ---It strikes me as unlikely that issuing a low-value coin for distribution to the plebs would be occasioned by the the Edict of Milan. Isn't religious tolerance a rather esoteric concept for the extremely uneducated, particularly at this point in time? I grant you that it makes more sense to celebrate an esoteric concept with a solidus which would have been directed at a different, more sophisticated audience...
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I'm not sure if there's any real distinction, as an occasion, between 1) announcing/ratifying the Edict of Milan, and 2) the marriage of Licinius to Constantia which I think (but not 100% sure) also happened at Milian. Nowadays it's the edict that gets the attention, but the joint imperial visit and marriage must have been the real event, and the sentiments of these fractions could really equally well apply to either - the two emperors joining forces for the common good. The Liberator Orbis coin type, seems a more direct reference to freedoms granted, although that was Rome only (although Cohen claimed to have seen it from Alexandria too), so not directly related to these Rome+Trier fractions. So, I suppose better to regard the somewhat generic feel-good messages on these fractions as reflecting the new imperial partnership/ties rather than the edict.
If these low value coins were indeed thrown to the crowd as the solidus depicts, then I guess it's more akin to throwing candy to the kids at a July 4th parade rather than what might be considered a distribution of cash. If you could grab a few then it wouldn't be totally insignificant (I think there'd been a time when a nummus was a day's wages for a laborer), but really just something to jazz up the occasion.
Maybe confirming the event as the joint imperial visit, there's the spectacular Constantine+Sol jugate "Felix Adventvs Avgg NN" medallion from Ticinum (RIC 111), and a perhaps related Licinius Profectio (departure) aureus from Siscia (RIC 218), but no gold celebrating the edict itself unless we consider the Arles Sapientia solidus as referring to it.
I hope you're not having second thoughts about your chosen profession there, although presumably it must be a bit depressing at times!
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