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Reference | RIC 12 (VII, Nicomedia) - | Bronze Follis 21mm (3.52 grams) Struck at the mint of Nicomedia 313-317 A.D. Coin with laureate head of Jupiter ( obverse ) and (reverse) Victory, standing ("ROMA" below in relief ) Victoria appears first on the reverse of coins representing Venus (driving the quadriga of Jupiter, with her head crowned and with a palm in her hand) during the first Punic War After Constantine's victory over the Alemanni, he minted a coin issue depicting weeping and begging Alemannic tribesmen—"The Alemanni conquered"—beneath the phrase "Romans' rejoicing"
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