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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4833632, member: 75937"]Entertaining and informative write-up, [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] ! Of course, we need a CONSTANTINOPOLIS commemorative or two in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantinopolis-commemorative-trier-jpg.1009900/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Constantine I, AD 307-337.</p><p>Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 2.51 g, 17.1 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Trier, AD 330-331.</p><p>Obv: CONSTANTINOPOLIS, laureate, helmeted and mantled bust, left, holding scepter over shoulder.</p><p>Rev: Victory standing left on prow, holding scepter and shield; TRP• in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC vii, p. 215, 530; LRBC I 59; RCV 16444; Cohen 21.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hat tip to [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] for <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html" rel="nofollow">this interesting bit of info</a> about the following coin: The CONSTANTINOPOLIS type comes spelled without the terminal "S" at four mints (Constantinople, Cyzicus, Heraclea, Nicomedia) located around the Propontus (Sea of Marmora, near Constantinople). </p><p><br /></p><p>According to John Kent (author of RIC, vol. VIII) this "reflects the fall of the terminal -s in the spoken language and provides an interesting hint as to how instructions reached the engravers." I presume he means that he thinks those four mints received instructions from the same source, there was a oral stage in the transmission, and it was a regionally accepted pronunciation. The missing "S" sound reminds me of modern French pronunciation.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1168869[/ATTACH] Constantine I, AD 307-337.</p><p>Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 2.89 g, 19.5 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Cyzicus, AD 331, 333-334.</p><p>Obv: CONSTANTINOPOLI, pearl-diademed, helmeted and mantled bust, left, holding spear.</p><p>Rev: Victory standing left on prow, holding scepter and shield; SMKB in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 93; LRBC I 1234; RCV 16477; Cohen 21.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4833632, member: 75937"]Entertaining and informative write-up, [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] ! Of course, we need a CONSTANTINOPOLIS commemorative or two in this thread. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantinopolis-commemorative-trier-jpg.1009900/[/IMG] Constantine I, AD 307-337. Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 2.51 g, 17.1 mm, 6 h. Trier, AD 330-331. Obv: CONSTANTINOPOLIS, laureate, helmeted and mantled bust, left, holding scepter over shoulder. Rev: Victory standing left on prow, holding scepter and shield; TRP• in exergue. Refs: RIC vii, p. 215, 530; LRBC I 59; RCV 16444; Cohen 21. Hat tip to [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] for [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html']this interesting bit of info[/URL] about the following coin: The CONSTANTINOPOLIS type comes spelled without the terminal "S" at four mints (Constantinople, Cyzicus, Heraclea, Nicomedia) located around the Propontus (Sea of Marmora, near Constantinople). According to John Kent (author of RIC, vol. VIII) this "reflects the fall of the terminal -s in the spoken language and provides an interesting hint as to how instructions reached the engravers." I presume he means that he thinks those four mints received instructions from the same source, there was a oral stage in the transmission, and it was a regionally accepted pronunciation. The missing "S" sound reminds me of modern French pronunciation. [ATTACH=full]1168869[/ATTACH] Constantine I, AD 307-337. Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 2.89 g, 19.5 mm, 12 h. Cyzicus, AD 331, 333-334. Obv: CONSTANTINOPOLI, pearl-diademed, helmeted and mantled bust, left, holding spear. Rev: Victory standing left on prow, holding scepter and shield; SMKB in exergue. Refs: RIC 93; LRBC I 1234; RCV 16477; Cohen 21.[/QUOTE]
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