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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED ISSUE. Half follis. Minted probably in spring 330 for the celebrations of the official dedication of Constantinople (11 May 330). The symbolic meaning of an eight-rayed star and a laurel wreath (corona triumphalis) is uncertain. See: Bendall, S., "An anonymous Constantinian coinage", Numismatic Fine Arts Inc. Journal 1986, no. 32, pp. 2-3; Bendall, S., "Some comments on the anonymous silver coinage of the fourth to sixth centuries A.D.", Revue Numismatique 2002, no. 158, pp. 139-159. Coin should be listed after CONSTANTINOPLE 53.
See also:
CONSTANTINOPLE [after 53], ANONYMOUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [STAR OF EIGHT RAYS]
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