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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 8053244, member: 120820&quot;]Nice coin, and great purchase!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have the other &quot;POP ROMANVS&quot; type, RIC VII Constantinople 22.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394828[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s been suggested these POP ROMANVS coins were struck for the inauguration of Constantinople in 330 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>The identity of the bridge seems a bit unclear. It&#039;s not obvious why Constantinople would be depicting a bridge from Rome. It&#039;s also been suggested as a bridge across the Danube that had been built by Constantine, more local to Constantinople.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are discussed in a paper by Lars Ramskold available here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278123765_Coins_and_Medallions_struck_for_the_Inauguration_of_Constantinopolis_11_May_330" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278123765_Coins_and_Medallions_struck_for_the_Inauguration_of_Constantinopolis_11_May_330" rel="nofollow">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278123765_Coins_and_Medallions_struck_for_the_Inauguration_of_Constantinopolis_11_May_330</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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