Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Sale 47 28 Jun 2018
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Constantine I 'the Great' Æ Nummus. Rome, AD 320-1. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate bust right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG around VOT • XX within wreath; R epωc P in exergue. RIC 225. 3.27g, 19mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; none on CoinArchives.
The mintmark of this, and associated issues, is a cryptogram: the central portion reads epωc, which in Latin is 'amor' (love). Amor itself is a palindrome of Roma, which was a device well known to the well read, having been employed by both Virgil in the Aeneid, and the poet Sidonius Apollinaris.
Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; none on CoinArchives.
The mintmark of this, and associated issues, is a cryptogram: the central portion reads epωc, which in Latin is 'amor' (love). Amor itself is a palindrome of Roma, which was a device well known to the well read, having been employed by both Virgil in the Aeneid, and the poet Sidonius Apollinaris.