01-25-2014, 02:54 PM
PS This coin had a legend on the vexillum that I could not decipher.
I've now found out It stands for
VOT XX Latin abbreviation: Votis Vicennalibus - vows (prayers) for twenty years of rule.
From DICTIONARY OF ROMAN COINS
VOT XX. (Votis Vicennalibus) within a laurel wreath on small bronze coins of:
- Diocletian, with or without mint mark
- Maximianus Hercules
- Constantius I Chlorus
- Galerius Maximian
Perhaps the top finial is an imago of the Augustus?
I've now found out It stands for
VOT XX Latin abbreviation: Votis Vicennalibus - vows (prayers) for twenty years of rule.
From DICTIONARY OF ROMAN COINS
VOT XX. (Votis Vicennalibus) within a laurel wreath on small bronze coins of:
- Diocletian, with or without mint mark
- Maximianus Hercules
- Constantius I Chlorus
- Galerius Maximian
Perhaps the top finial is an imago of the Augustus?