Constantine Type, not sure when or who

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  1. Mammothtooth

    Mammothtooth Stand up Philosopher, Vodka Taster

    Please I’d this one for me IMG_0993.jpeg
     
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  3. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    It's a city commemorative like these, but I can't make out the mint on your coin:
    Constantinopolis 4.jpg
    CONSTANTINOPOLIS COMMEMMORATIVE
    AE3/4
    OBVERSE: CONSTANTINOPOLI, laureate, helmeted & mantled bust left holding scepter
    REVERSE: Victory standing left, foot on prow with sceptre and leaning on shield, CONS Gamma in ex.
    Struck at Constantinople, 330-33AD
    2.2g, 15mm
    RIC VII 63
    Constantinopolis 3.jpg
    CONSTANTINOPOLIS COMMEMMORATIVE
    AE3/4
    OBVERSE: CONSTAN TINOPOLIS, laureate, helmeted & mantled bust left holding sceptre
    REVERSE: Victory standing left on foot of prow with sceptre and leaning on shield, •BSIS• in ex.
    Struck at Siscia , 334-335 AD
    2.39g, 17mm
    RIC 241
    Constantinopolis 7.jpg
    CONSTANTINOPOLIS COMMEMMORATIVE
    AE3/4
    OBVERSE: CONSTANTINOPOLIS, crested, laureate helmeted bust of Constantinopolis left in imperial mantle & holding sceptre
    REVERSE: Victory with open wings standing left, right foot on a vessel's prow holding sceptre & leaning on shield. Mintmark SMTSD
    Struck at Thessalonica , 330-33 AD
    2.3g 18mm
    RIC VII 188
     
  4. Mammothtooth

    Mammothtooth Stand up Philosopher, Vodka Taster

    Bing, thanks for helping me.
     
  5. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    The mintmark is unclear, but it is not from the four mints around the Bosporus (Heraclea, Constantinople, Nikomedia, Cyzicus) which used the spelling CONSTANTINOPOLI, omitting the terminal "S" found elsewhere and which is on your coin.

    Here is a CONSTANTINOPOLI coin from Heraclea:

    CONSTANTINOPOLImmSMNg8903.jpg
     
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