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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8235886, member: 110350&quot;]A beautiful example. I bid at Cayon as well -- they had a large number of nice Roman Republican coins -- and actually succeeded at one bid, although it was more than I really wanted to pay. (I just got the invoice this morning. Even with only a 16% buyer&#039;s fee, those Euros add up! I&#039;m not in any great hurry to pay it,&nbsp; although I will fairly soon, given that according to their website it can take&nbsp; them several weeks to get the necessary export permit.)</p><p><br /></p><p>My one Constantinopolis coin from the time of Constantine the Great:</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I, Billon reduced Centenionalis, Siscia Mint 334-335 AD. Obv. Bust of Constantinopolis left, wearing laureate helmet and imperial robes, &amp; holding scepter over left shoulder, CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS / Rev. Winged Victory standing left, right foot set on ship’s prow, holding transverse scepter in right hand and resting left hand on shield; • BSIS • [Siscia, Second officina] in exergue. RIC VII 241 (p. 456), Sear RCV IV 16469. 18 mm., 2.5 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448841[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of later depictions:</p><p><br /></p><p>Theodosius I, AE3 (Sear: Centenionalis), 379-383 AD, Alexandria mint, 3rd Officina. Obv. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG - Diademed (Pearls), draped and cuirassed bust right /&nbsp; Rev. CONCORDIA AVGGG - Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated facing on throne, head right, holding spear and globe, right foot on prow. ALE(Γ) [gamma] in exergue. RIC IX 11 (p. 300), Sear RCV V 20535. 17.72 mm, 1.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448843[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Eastern Roman Empire, Arcadius (son of Theodosius I and older brother of Honorius), 383-408 AD, AV Solidus 397-402 AD, Constantinople Mint (9th Officina). Obv. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing three-quarters right, holding spear over right shoulder and shield on left arm bearing image of horseman right; D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG / Rev. Helmeted Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, head right, with right knee bare and right foot resting on prow, holding long scepter with right hand and, on left hand, Victory with wreath standing on globe; CONCORDI-A AVGG Θ [Theta, for 9th Officina]; in exergue, CONOB [for Constantinople Mint]. RIC X 7 at. p. 240 (1994); Dumberton Oaks Catalogue, Late Roman 207-217 (217 = 9th Officina) and Plate 8 [P. Griessen. &amp; M. Mays, <i>Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, etc.</i> (1992)]; Sear RCV V 20706 (ill. p. 431) (1994). 20 mm., 4.44 g. <i>Purchased from Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Frankfurt, Germany, 1 April 2021. Ex. Auktionen Münzhandlung Sonntag Auktion 33 Lot 36 (23.11. 2020); ex. Auktion 116 München Münzhandlung Karl Kreß [Kress](Otto Helbing Nachfolger), Lot 729 (28.10.1960).</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448848[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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