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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 6943615, member: 84905&quot;]I have the following 4 folles of Constantine I in my collection. They are all from the mint of Constantinople and the types were only issued by this mint. They all date to AD 327/328. I wonder if these coins represented some kind of series, perhaps to mark special events directly related to Constantinople?</p><p><br /></p><p>LIBERTAS PVBLICA</p><p>AD 327/28. To mark his naval victory in the Bosphorus where Constantine captured Byzantium (i.e. Constantinople) from Licinius?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273341[/ATTACH]</p><p>GLORIA ROMANORVM</p><p>AD 328</p><p>Probably just a reference to the glory of Rome, maybe intended to stress that Rome will remain Rome even with a new capital.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273342[/ATTACH]</p><p>GLORIA EXERCITVS</p><p>AD 328</p><p>I don&#039;t know of a specific event that this coin could celebrate. It is probably a reference to the army on which Constantine&#039;s power rested.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273343[/ATTACH]</p><p>CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE</p><p>AD 328. To mark the construction of a military fort on the Danube? This interpretation is unlikely. More plausible is the interpretation that the reverse represents the Daphne mythos to indicate the transformation of the old capital Rome into the new capital Constantinople. The depiction on the reverse is enigmatic. The deity (Daphne, Victoria?) is holding laurel branch (=Daphne) and a palm branch. Why is she turning away from the captive to her feets? Does the palm branch stand for Christianity?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273344[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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