Commemorative showing the Milvian bridge, or does it?

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by David@PCC, Jun 5, 2017.

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What is on the reverse of POP ROMANVS commemoratives?

Poll closed Jun 19, 2017.

  1. Milvian bridge

    7 vote(s)
    36.8%

  2. A temporary pontoon bridge

    2 vote(s)
    10.5%

  3. Nobody knows or ever will

    8 vote(s)
    42.1%

  4. Probably something aliens built

    2 vote(s)
    10.5%
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  1. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    Think @Victor_Clark Clark nailed this one.

    That medallion though! Is that yours Victor?
     
    Jwt708, Jun 7, 2017
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  3. Victor_Clark

    Victor_Clark all my best friends are dead Romans Dealer

    No, it's not mine. I think that I scanned the picture from a book.
     
    Victor_Clark, Jun 7, 2017
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  4. Gordon Doherty

    Gordon Doherty New Member

    Nice post and discussion. Re "was the battle at the Milvian bridge an important event to people of the empire, and specifically to the people of Constantinople?" I think so - or at least Constantine would most likely have wanted it to be remembered by the people. By 330, when the coin was struck, Constantinople was flourishing as Constantine's 'Nova Roma', so his conquest/liberation (wherever you stand on that one) of the old Rome would have been a highly symbolic event.

    Re the battle: the Osprey volume 'Milvian Bridge 312 AD' does a good job of putting shape to the confusing accounts of the battle and the campaign as a whole.
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Milvian-Bridge-AD-312-Constantines-ebook/dp/B01GORR1HC
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    Gordon Doherty, Jul 25, 2018
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