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





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.



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



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