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Constantine I votive from Rome with Eros/Amor mintmark

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This mint mark is a cryptogram, and is Greek for eros, which in Latin is amor. This in turn is a palindrome, as amor spelled backwards is Roma.

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Constantine I
A.D. 320- 321
19mm   3.2gm
CONSTA-NTINVS AVG; Laureate head right.
DN CONSTANTINI MAX AVG laurel wreath enclosing VOT XX.
In ex. R eros (in Greek) P   
RIC VII Rome 225