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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HeadintheClouds, post: 37558, member: 2134&quot;]Think i may have solved this one myself <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Thanks all for pointing me in the right direction though</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Image and info taken without permission from <a href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/uncleaned.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/uncleaned.html" rel="nofollow">http://dougsmith.ancients.info/uncleaned.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>---</p><p><br /></p><p>Better cleaner pic from above site matches perfectly the coin i have:</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/Adam7678/dd05sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And some history:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Constantine I (the Great) dedicated a new capital for the Empire at Constantinople in 330 AD. In honor of this move, a new coin was issued showing no portrait of an emperor but the helmeted bust of a personification of the new city. Around the bust is the legend CONSTANTINOPOLIS (some mints used CONSTANTINOPOLI). The reverse shows Victory (winged female) standing on the prow of a ship. Constantinople was situated on a point of land commanding excellent defenses from the sea. Rome (the city in Italy) may have fallen in 476 AD (or another date of your preference) but Constantinople hung on as Romaion (The Byzantine Empire) for another millennium. The foresight of Constantine in selecting the location might be partially credited for this longevity.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So its &quot;SMNA&quot; on the reverse..........[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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