Cast coins and ice cream

[Heliodromus]

I was just reading Alfoldi's interesting "Cornuti" article, which i came across accidentally while looking for a different one, and finally found the source coin for a cast Constantine medallion I bought years ago.

Cornuti: A Teutonic Contingent in the Service of Constantine the Great and Its Decisive Role in the Battle at the Milvian Bridge. With a Discussion of Bronze Statuettes of Constantine the Great

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Nice "pecs" there Constantine !

Alfoldi notes that the bare-chested Jovian depiction of the emperor on this scale weight is one of the things that hepls confirm the identify as Constantine, having come from the transitional time when such a depiction was conceivable. He draws the parallel to the (really, equally odd) "Gloria Saecvli Virtvs Caess" medallion from 326 AD, illustrating it with this specimen in the Florence Archaeological Museum.

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Tada ... Here's the cast one I bought years ago, with filled holes matching the Florence one.

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All of this Cornuti discussion brought to mind an etymologically related advertizement for UK company Wall's Cornetto ice cream, which was drilled into my brain by hearing it a million times back in the early 80's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZagCtwZcNU

So there you have it: from cast coins to Cornuti to Cornetto's. Happy friday!

[Victor]

I have the Alföldi article, and several others, uploaded here--

http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/articles/


Alföldi and ice cream Friday