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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 7809514, member: 10613"]There were other types struck in Constantinople like this coin with Constantinopolis on obverse and Pax on reverse</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341402[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Commemorative Series</p><p>A.D. 330</p><p>15mm 1.6gm</p><p>CONSTAN-TINOPLIS; Diademed and draped bust of Constantinopolis right.</p><p>REV: Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse scepter; P R across fields.</p><p>RIC VIII Rome 106</p><p><br /></p><p>This type was originally included in RIC VIII and dated to A.D. 348; but it seems most likely that these coins were struck in Constantinopolis in A.D. 330 for the dedication of the city. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have also explained several times in other posts why the bridge type seems unlikely to have anything to do with the Milvian Bridge. Here is a bit from my commemorative page--</p><p><br /></p><p>The POP ROMANVS type was issued circa A.D. 330 and this half- “centenionales” was likely a donative issued to commemorate the founding of Constantinople. There are two types, the star reverse and bridge reverse. Some think that the two reverses might represent the cities of Rome and Constantinople, the star for Constantinople and the bridge for Rome. There has been speculation that the bridge is an allusion to Constantine's victory at the Milvian Bridge but it seems unlikely given how many years had passed, it is probably just a bridge over a river, and possibly a bridge over the Danube. It seems likely that this bridge issue has nothing to do with Rome, as Constantine built a bridge over the Danube circa A.D. 328 -- "Constantine the pious crossed the Danube very many times, and made a bridge for it in stone." Chronicon Paschale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/comm/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/comm/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/comm/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 7809514, member: 10613"]There were other types struck in Constantinople like this coin with Constantinopolis on obverse and Pax on reverse [ATTACH=full]1341402[/ATTACH] Commemorative Series A.D. 330 15mm 1.6gm CONSTAN-TINOPLIS; Diademed and draped bust of Constantinopolis right. REV: Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse scepter; P R across fields. RIC VIII Rome 106 This type was originally included in RIC VIII and dated to A.D. 348; but it seems most likely that these coins were struck in Constantinopolis in A.D. 330 for the dedication of the city. I have also explained several times in other posts why the bridge type seems unlikely to have anything to do with the Milvian Bridge. Here is a bit from my commemorative page-- The POP ROMANVS type was issued circa A.D. 330 and this half- “centenionales” was likely a donative issued to commemorate the founding of Constantinople. There are two types, the star reverse and bridge reverse. Some think that the two reverses might represent the cities of Rome and Constantinople, the star for Constantinople and the bridge for Rome. There has been speculation that the bridge is an allusion to Constantine's victory at the Milvian Bridge but it seems unlikely given how many years had passed, it is probably just a bridge over a river, and possibly a bridge over the Danube. It seems likely that this bridge issue has nothing to do with Rome, as Constantine built a bridge over the Danube circa A.D. 328 -- "Constantine the pious crossed the Danube very many times, and made a bridge for it in stone." Chronicon Paschale [URL]http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/comm/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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