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Constantinopolis with Pax reverse from Constantinople
« on: April 22, 2019, 01:51:47 PM »

This type was originally included in RIC VIII and dated to A.D. 348; but it seems most likely that these coins were struck in Constantinopolis in A.D. 330 for the dedication of the city.


Constantinopolis
Commemorative
A.D. 330
15mm     1.4gm
OBV: CONSTANTINOPOLIS- laureate and draped bust of Constantinopolis right.
REV: Pax stg. l., holding branch and transverse sceptre; P-R across fields.
RIC VIII Rome 105