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Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ (14mm, 0.92 g, 12h). Special issue for the dedication of the city. Costantinople mint, 11th officina. Struck AD 330. POP ROMANVS, laureate and draped bust left, cornucopia at shoulder / Milvian Bridge with tower at each end over flowing water of the Tiber River; CONS//I above bridge. RIC VIII 21; LRBC 1066. Green and brown patina, struck with worn and broken dies. VF.
The reverse depicts the famed Milvian Bridge which carried the Via Flaminia over the Tiber, outside Rome, where Maxentius made his stand against Constantine's forces in October of AD 312. Tradition holds that it was prior to this battle that Constantine had a vision that would lead to both his victory over Maxentius and his conversion to Christianity.
The reverse depicts the famed Milvian Bridge which carried the Via Flaminia over the Tiber, outside Rome, where Maxentius made his stand against Constantine's forces in October of AD 312. Tradition holds that it was prior to this battle that Constantine had a vision that would lead to both his victory over Maxentius and his conversion to Christianity.