Bronze AE3; 0°
Obverse legend: IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, helmeted, laureate & cuirassed bust right.
Reverse legend: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, (“Our princes will win joyful everlasting victories”), two Victories facing & inscribing VOT PR on shield placed on altar. VOT PR stands for Vota Populi Romani. “These were vows OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE for the prosperity and survival of the state and the emperor.” Coin possibly minted to celebrate Constantine's Decennalia
Exergue: STR (Trier).
RIC #: VII 209?
Van Meter: sim. to p. 292, #90
Bronze AE3
180°
Obverse legend: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, helmeted, (laureate?) & cuirassed bust right.
Reverse legend: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, (“Our princes will win joyful everlasting victories”), two Victories facing & inscribing [VOT PR?] on shield placed on altar.
Exergue: ASIS; Siscia mint. Is the A really a delta?
RIC #:
Van Meter: sim. to p. 292, #90
Bronze AE3
Obverse legend: IMP CONSTAN-TINVS P F AVG, helmeted, (laureate?) & cuirassed bust right.
Reverse legend: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, (“Our princes will win joyful everlasting victories”), two Victories facing & inscribing [VOT PR?] on shield placed on altar.
Exergue: Looks like T ° T, but is probably just TT for Ticinum. A similar one was struck ca. 320 AD.
RIC #: Van Meter: sim. to p. 292, #90
Struck 318-319 A.D. AE3
Obverse: IMP CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, high crested helmet, cuirassed bust left, spear over shoulder.
Reverse: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories facing &
inscribing VOT PR on shield placed on altar decorated with a cross.
Exergue: P T (Ticinum).
Ex: Steve McBride at Incitatus Coins. Code XXIX.
Notes: Rated R2. 18mm, 3.5g. “A Spanish find with a wonderful patina,
Very Fine.”
“The cross is interesting. Apparently simply an altar decoration, the
resemblance to the Christian cross is notable. Coincidental, or perhaps
with the influence of a Christian celator….”
RIC VII Ticinum 82
AE "follis.”
Obverse Legend: Blundered legend. A variety of H’s, S’s and I’s make up the legend, some backwards. Helmeted, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse Legend: Blundered legend for
VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP type. Two Victories placing inscribed shield on altar, full and blundered legend surrounding. This reverse legend seems to be entirely composed of I’s.
Ex Incitatus Coins (Steve McBride) Code XVIII.
