coin collection from tetrarchy to the end of the empire
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Diocletian Concordia Militum
Diocletian accepting victory from Zeus
“CONCORDIA MILITVM” = military concord
Victory
Helena: Securitas Reipublicae. VF
“[H]e [Constantine] had honored her [Helena] so fully with imperial dignities, that in every province, and in the very ranks of the soldiery, she was spoken of under the titles of Augusta and empress, and her likeness was impressed on golden coins.” Eusebius of Caesarea, Vita Constantini III. 47; trans. E. C. Richardson, NPNF i. 532.
Fausta: Nursing Constantine II & Constantius
Crispus: Globe on altar. AD 321.
Constantius II: CentenionalisHoc signo victor eris
Constantius II: Fel Temp Reparation & Chi-Rho