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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 4834400, member: 84744"]My visit to the city is one of my best travel memories. An incredible place, and your writeup really brought it back. Thanks! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You mention that the GLORIA EXERCITVS coinage began after the city's dedication, but it's usually dated to just after the mint opened (327-8). I'd love to hear more about that. Here's my example, certainly one of my favourite coins from the mint:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169011[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my few gold coins, a Leo solidus, is another favourite:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169012[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantinople fell to the Latins in 1204, but was retaken by Michael VIII Palaeologus in 1261. Here's a trachy where he's proudly holding a little model of the city:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169022[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>When it was finally taken by the Ottomans in 1453, it was a husk of its former self, but of course it would be renewed to full glory. Here's the first issue from the Constantinople mint after the fall, a silver akce dated AH865 (1460-61), issued under Mehmet II 'The Conqueror.'</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169027[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 4834400, member: 84744"]My visit to the city is one of my best travel memories. An incredible place, and your writeup really brought it back. Thanks! :) You mention that the GLORIA EXERCITVS coinage began after the city's dedication, but it's usually dated to just after the mint opened (327-8). I'd love to hear more about that. Here's my example, certainly one of my favourite coins from the mint: [ATTACH=full]1169011[/ATTACH] One of my few gold coins, a Leo solidus, is another favourite: [ATTACH=full]1169012[/ATTACH] Constantinople fell to the Latins in 1204, but was retaken by Michael VIII Palaeologus in 1261. Here's a trachy where he's proudly holding a little model of the city: [ATTACH=full]1169022[/ATTACH] When it was finally taken by the Ottomans in 1453, it was a husk of its former self, but of course it would be renewed to full glory. Here's the first issue from the Constantinople mint after the fall, a silver akce dated AH865 (1460-61), issued under Mehmet II 'The Conqueror.' [ATTACH=full]1169027[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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