SECVRITAS AVGG

Latin: The security [provided by] the two Emperors.


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SECVRITAS AVGG. - The emperor in a triumphal quadriga, with an olive branch in his right hand. - On a gold coin of Licinius Pater.

The security boasted of by the base-born and brutal prince, who caused this medal to be struck is considered by Eckhel as indicated to have been obtained in the first place by the defeat of Maxentius, and afterwards by that of Maximinus Daza, [after whose death Licinus and Constantinus (the Avgg alluded to in the legend) remained masters of the empire, the former receiving for his allotted portion the eastern provinces].  And the present coin proves beyond a doubt that the unruly Licinius, having overthrown his rival, assumed the honours of the triumph in some city of the east for a victory gained over his own countrymen.  The more modest Constantine had indeed used the same sort of inscription (Securitas reipublicae) but with a very different type, namely, the usual figure of Security, leaning on a column.


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