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Coin Collection. From Tetrarchy to the End of the Empire. Antoninus Pius: Temple Divus Augustus (138-161). Diocletian: AE Antonianus Concordia Militum. Diocletian Concordia Militum. Victory. “CONCORDIA MILITVM” = military concord. Diocletian accepting victory from Zeus.
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Coin Collection From Tetrarchy to the End of the Empire
Diocletian Concordia Militum Victory “CONCORDIA MILITVM” = military concord Diocletian accepting victory from Zeus
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.
Constantine Veiled. Hand of God reaching down to Constantine.