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Roman Commemoratives, 307 - 361 A.D.

Constantine the Great and his sons issued small bronze coins commemorating the old capital, Rome, and the new capital, Constantinople, to symbolize the equality of the two cities and the new importance of Constantinople to the empire. On this page we also list consecration commemoratives issued by Constantine and his sons.

Vespasian, 1 July 69 - 24 June 79 A.D., Posthumous Divus Commemorative Struck by Titus

|Vespasian|, |Vespasian,| |1| |July| |69| |-| |24| |June| |79| |A.D.,| |Posthumous| |Divus| |Commemorative| |Struck| |by| |Titus||sestertius|
Vespasian's death in June 79 A.D. was commemorated with a small series of coins issued by his son, Titus, who deified him a year after his passing. Despite his illness, Vespasian had continued to perform his duties as emperor, even receiving embassies as he lay in bed. Vespasian reportedly joked, "Vae, puto deus fio." ("Dear me, I think I'm becoming a god"). After an attack of diarrhea, he said, "An emperor ought to die standing," and while he was struggling to get on his feet, he died in the arms of those who tried to help him, on the ninth day before the Kalends of July (June 24), at the age of sixty-nine years, seven months and seven days.
RB110990. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC II-1 Titus p. 214, 257 (R); BMCRE II Titus p. 269, 221; BnF III Titus p. 228, 232; Cohen I Vespasian 205; SRCV I 2572: Hunter I -, Choice gF, well centered, brown brassy patina, some porosity, flan flaws, weight 24.520 g, maximum diameter 34.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, struck under Titus, 80 - 81 A.D.; obverse DIVO / AVG / VESP in three lines upper right, statue of Vespasian seated in an ornate quadriga of elephants right, each elephant with its own mahout, statue holds a scepter in right hand, Victory in left hand, S P Q R (Senatus Populusque Romanus - the Senate and the Roman people) in exergue; reverse IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, legend around large S C (senatus consulto); big 35mm bronze!, ex Solidus Numismatik auction 106 (11 Oct 2022), lot 1449; rare; SOLD


16 Roman Empire VRBS ROMA and CONSTANTINOPOLIS Bronze Commemoratives, c. 330 - 340 A.D.

|Roman| |Bulk| |Lots|, |16| |Roman| |Empire| |VRBS| |ROMA| |and| |CONSTANTINOPOLIS| |Bronze| |Commemoratives,| |c.| |330| |-| |340| |A.D.||Lot|
LT87176. Bronze Lot, 16 Roma and Constantinopolis Commemoratives struck by Constantine the Great and his sons, 16.8mm - 18.5mm, all VF or better, many choice, c. 330 - 340 A.D.; the actual coins in the photograph, no tags or flips, as-is, no returns; SOLD


City of Rome Commemorative, 330 - 331 A.D.

|Commemoratives|, |City| |of| |Rome| |Commemorative,| |330| |-| |331| |A.D.||reduced| |centenionalis|
On some high grade examples of the VRBS ROMA series, a certain symbol can be seen or guessed on the shoulder of the wolf. It might look like the letter Θ (at Thessalonica) or a flock of hair, but on this well struck and preserved wolf there is an obvious star, identical to the two above. There are no such symbols on earlier depictions (Republic and early empire) of the she-wolf as far as we know.
RL29455. Billon reduced centenionalis, RIC VII Lyons 242 (R2), Bastien Lyon 201, LRBC I 184, SRCV IV 16490, Cohen VII 17, Hunter V -, EF, flan crack, weight 2.272 g, maximum diameter 17.1 mm, die axis 0o, 1st officina, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, 330 - 331 A.D.; obverse VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma left wearing imperial mantle; reverse she-wolf standing left, head turned back right, suckling the infant twins Romulus and Remus, two stars above, PLG in exergue; SOLD


People of Rome Commemorative, 330 A.D.

|Constantine| |the| |Great|, |People| |of| |Rome| |Commemorative,| |330| |A.D.||half| |centenionalis|
Constantine is most famous for leading the Empire to Christianity. Before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, he saw "In Hoc Signo Victor Eris" (By this sign you shall conquer) on the sun around a Chi Rho ligature. With the symbol of Christ on his army's shields, he was victorious. He moved the capital to Constantinople.
RL04503. Billon half centenionalis, RIC VII Constantinople 21, aEF, weight 1.15 g, maximum diameter 13.7 mm, die axis 0o, 11th officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 330 A.D.; obverse POP ROMANVS, Genius laureate bust left with cornucopia on left shoulder; reverse Bridge, often identified as the famous Milvian bridge, water flowing below, CONS / IA in two lines above; from the Aiello Collection; SOLD


Constantine the Great, Early 307 - 22 May 337 A.D.

|Constantine| |the| |Great|, |Constantine| |the| |Great,| |Early| |307| |-| |22| |May| |337| |A.D.||reduced| |centenionalis|
Soon after the Feast of Easter 337, Constantine fell seriously ill. He left Constantinople for the hot baths near his mother's city of Helenopolis. There, in a church his mother built in honor of Lucian the Apostle, he prayed, and there he realized that he was dying. He attempted to return to Constantinople, making it only as far as a suburb of Nicomedia. He summoned the bishops, and told them of his hope to be baptized in the River Jordan, where Christ was written to have been baptized. He requested the baptism right away, promising to live a more Christian life should he live through his illness. The bishops, Eusebius records, "performed the sacred ceremonies according to custom." It has been thought that Constantine put off baptism as long as he did so as to be absolved from as much of his sin as possible. Constantine died soon after at a suburban villa called Achyron, on 22 May 337.
SH28376. Billon reduced centenionalis, RIC VIII Alexandria p. 539 4; LRBC II 1445; Voetter 42; SRCV V 17489; Cohen VII 760; Hunter V p. 283, 7, Choice EF, weight 2.637 g, maximum diameter 16.9 mm, die axis 0o, 3rd officina, Alexandria mint, posthumous, 337 - Apr 340 A.D.; obverse DV CONSTANTINVS P T AVGG (Divus Constantinus Pater Trium Augusti = Divine Constantine, father of the three emperors), veiled bust right; reverse Emperor in quadriga right, veiled, the hand of God reaches down to take him to heaven, S - R flanking high in field, SMALΓ in exergue; rare this nice; SOLD


Constantine the Great, Early 307 - 22 May 337 A.D.

|Constantine| |the| |Great|, |Constantine| |the| |Great,| |Early| |307| |-| |22| |May| |337| |A.D.||reduced| |centenionalis|
A very rare commemorative issue struck at Lyon for Constantine after his death. Constantine is most famous for leading the Empire to Christianity. Before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, he saw "In Hoc Signo Victor Eris" (By this sign you shall conquer) on the sun around a Chi Rho ligature. With the symbol of Christ on his army's shields he was victorious.
RL66868. Billon reduced centenionalis, RIC VIII Lyons 2 (R), LRBC I 238, Bastien Lyon 3 (only 4 specimens), VF, weight 1.777 g, maximum diameter 12.9 mm, die axis 180o, 1st officina, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, posthumous, 337 - 340 A.D.; obverse DIVO CONSTANTINO P, veiled bust right; reverse AETERNA PIETAS, Constantine standing right, in military dress, inverted spear behind in left, globe in right hand, staurogram (Greek cruciform monogram for Christ) in upper right field, PLG (off flan) in exergue; very rare; SOLD


City of Rome Commemorative, 332 A.D.

|Commemoratives|, |City| |of| |Rome| |Commemorative,| |332| |A.D.||reduced| |centenionalis|
On 11 May 330, Constantine I refounded Byzantium, renamed it Constantinopolis after himself, and moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to his new city. The new capital was Christian, old gods and traditions were either replaced or assimilated into a framework of Christian symbolism. Constantine built the new Church of the Holy Apostles on the site of a temple to Aphrodite. Generations later there was the story that a divine vision led Constantine to this spot. The capital would often be compared to the 'old' Rome as Nova Roma Constantinopolitana, the "New Rome of Constantinople." Special commemorative coins were issued with types for both Rome and Constantinople to advertise the importance of the new capital.
RL67101. Billon reduced centenionalis, Bastien XIII 237, RIC VII Lyons 247 (R3), LRBC I 190, SRCV IV 16492, Cohen VII 17, EF, well centered, slightly ragged flan, weight 2.505 g, maximum diameter 18.3 mm, die axis 225o, 2nd officina, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, 332 A.D.; obverse VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma left wearing imperial mantle; reverse she-wolf standing left, head turned back right, suckling the infant twins Romulus and Remus, two stars above, •SLG in exergue; scarce; SOLD


City of Constantinople Commemorative, 331 - 332 A.D.

|Commemoratives|, |City| |of| |Constantinople| |Commemorative,| |331| |-| |332| |A.D.||reduced| |centenionalis|
In 332, Constantine I and his son Constantine II, age 16, defeated the Goths in Moesia. The Goths agreed to become Roman allies and to protect the Danube frontier. Only two years later, in 334, the Goths on the Danube frontier prevented an invasion by the Vandals.
RL67102. Billon reduced centenionalis, RIC VII Lyons 256 (R1), LRBC I 200, Bastien XIII 222, SRCV IV 16448, Cohen VII 21, Hunter V -, Choice EF, weight 2.668 g, maximum diameter 17.8 mm, die axis 0o, 1st officina, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, 331 - 332 A.D.; obverse CONSTANTINOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis left, wearing imperial cloak, scepter over left shoulder; reverse Victory standing left, right foot on prow, scepter in right hand, resting left hand on grounded shield, dot in crescent with horns up followed by PLG in exergue; rare; SOLD


Maximian, 285 - 305, 306 - 308, and 310 A.D., Commemorative Issued by Constantine the Great

|Maximian|, |Maximian,| |285| |-| |305,| |306| |-| |308,| |and| |310| |A.D.,| |Commemorative| |Issued| |by| |Constantine| |the| |Great||half-follis|
Constantine the Great issued this commemorative, ironically honoring a man he had forced to commit suicide.
RL49452. Billon half-follis, RIC VII Rome 110 (R3); SRCV IV p. 495, 16401; Cohen VI Maximian 397; Hunter V p. 219, 2 var. (4th officina), aEF, weight 2.159 g, maximum diameter 15.2 mm, die axis 0o, 3rd officina, Rome mint, 317 - 318 A.D.; obverse DIVO MAXIMIANO SEN FORT IMP, laureate and veiled head right; reverse MEMORIAE AETERNAE (to eternal memory), eagle standing half-right on exergue line, head turned back left, RT in exergue; very rare; SOLD


Lot of 20 Roman Empire City of Constantinople Commemoratives Bronzes 330 - 346 A.D.

|Commemoratives|, |Lot| |of| |20| |Roman| |Empire| |City| |of| |Constantinople| |Commemoratives| |Bronzes| |330| |-| |346| |A.D.||reduced| |centenionalis|
On 11 May 330, Constantine I refounded Byzantium, renamed it Constantinopolis after himself, and moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to his new city. The new capital was Christian, old gods and traditions were either replaced or assimilated into a framework of Christian symbolism. Constantine built the new Church of the Holy Apostles on the site of a temple to Aphrodite. Generations later there was the story that a divine vision led Constantine to this spot. The capital would often be compared to the 'old' Rome as Nova Roma Constantinopolitana, the "New Rome of Constantinople." Special commemorative coins were issued with types for both Rome and Constantinople to advertise the importance of the new capital.
LT85418. Bronze reduced centenionalis, SRCV IV 16444 ff. (various mints), all VF, nice coins, 330 - 346 A.D.; obverse CONSTANTINOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis left, wearing imperial cloak, scepter over left shoulder; reverse Victory standing left, right foot on prow, scepter in right hand, resting left hand on grounded shield, mintmark in exergue; one with soldiers with standard reverse, unattributed mint or issue, no flips or tags, the actual coins in the photographs, as-is, no returns; SOLD




  




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