Late Roman Bronze Coins

Coin talk => Late Roman Bronze coins => Topic started by: Victor on August 12, 2020, 09:09:05 AM

Title: Constantine I GLORIA EXERCITVS with damnatio
Post by: Victor on August 12, 2020, 09:09:05 AM
No, this coin does not have a damnatio and this treatment was never officially given to Constantine. The reverse of this coin made me think of how often I have seen coins described that way. If this scratch had been on the obverse, the chances are good that someone would have had a tale of some pagan angry at Constantine defacing his image or some such story. Sometimes a scratch is just a scratch.