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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2761222, member: 56859&quot;]Nice coin-- fun research and writeup!</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a strange looking bridge but so often on ancient coins, artistic license is taken in order to fit the subject on the small round canvas.&nbsp; That said, is it the <i>Milvian</i> bridge?&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t seem that likely, although it makes a better story.</p><p><br /></p><p>The towers look like the drawbridge towers in your last illustration, but the water is flowing the wrong way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could the coin depict a pontoon bridge? It&#039;s a very creative theory.&nbsp; If it is, why would a pop-up/ad-hoc/on-demand bridge be shown on a coin commemorating Constantinople?&nbsp; Maybe there&#039;s another story we don&#039;t know about.&nbsp; Let&#039;s write it ourselves!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My &quot;Milvian Bridge&quot; commemorative:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantinei-milvianbridge-rt-jpg.515484/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Commemorative Series under Constantine I</b></p><p>330 CE; Æ 14.5 mm, 1.16 gm</p><p>Constantinople mint, 1st officina</p><p>Obv: POP ROMANVS; draped bust of Genius left, with cornucopia over shoulder</p><p>Rev: Milvian Bridge over Tiber River; CONS//A</p><p>Ref: RIC VIII 21; LRBC 1066; Vagi 3043</p><p><i>ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celebrating-the-site-of-constantine-is-vision-and-victory.280747/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celebrating-the-site-of-constantine-is-vision-and-victory.280747/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celebrating-the-site-of-constantine-is-vision-and-victory.280747/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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