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Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ Follis (19mm, 2.21 g, 12h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-335. URBS ROMA; Helmeted and mantled bust of Roma left / She-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above; CONSЄ. RIC VII 78. Good VF, brown patina, deposits.
From the Ken Bressett Collection. Ex Lincoln Higgie Hoard 1967 @ $7.
Commemorative coins were struck to honor both Rome and Constantinople. The Urbs Roma type alludes to the legendary founding of Rome with the imagery of the she-wolf and twins, and the latter alluding to the recent naval battle over the Licinii with Victory advancing from a conquest. The Urbs Roma series was struck throughout the empire at various mints
From the Ken Bressett Collection. Ex Lincoln Higgie Hoard 1967 @ $7.
Commemorative coins were struck to honor both Rome and Constantinople. The Urbs Roma type alludes to the legendary founding of Rome with the imagery of the she-wolf and twins, and the latter alluding to the recent naval battle over the Licinii with Victory advancing from a conquest. The Urbs Roma series was struck throughout the empire at various mints