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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Constantinian Era| > |Commemoratives| > RL95895
City of Constantinople Commemorative, 336 - 337 A.D.
|Commemoratives|, |City| |of| |Constantinople| |Commemorative,| |336| |-| |337| |A.D.|, The reverse legend dedicates this coin to "the glory of the Army."
RL95895. Billon reduced centenionalis, RIC VIII Heraclea 29, LRBC I 942, SRCV V 17521, Cohen VII 5, Hunter V -, gF, dark patina, well centered on uneven flan, 3rd officina, Heraclea (Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey) mint, weight 1.344g, maximum diameter 18.0mm, die axis 0o, c. 336 - 337 A.D.; obverse CONSTANTINOPOLI, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis left, wearing imperial cloak, scepter over left shoulder; reverse GLORIA EXERCITVS (glory of the army), two soldiers standing facing, flanking one standard in center, heads confronted, each holds a spear in outer hand and rests inner hand on grounded shield, SMHΓ in exergue; from the Michael Arslan Collection; SOLD










OBVERSE| LEGENDS|

CONSTANTINOPOLI
CONSTANTINOPOLIS
POPROMANVS
ROMA
VRBSROMA
VRBSROMABEATA

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