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Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ (14mm, 1.14 g, 6h). Special issue for the dedication of the newly expanded city of Constantinople. Constantinople mint, 8th officina. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330. POP ROMANVS, laureate and draped bust of Genius of the Roman People left, cornucopia over shoulder / Milvian Bridge with tower at each end over flowing water of the Tiber River; CONS/H above bridge. RIC VIII 21; LRBC 1066; Vagi 3043. Green patina, some earthen encrustation, a few minor cleaning scratches on reverse. Near 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.