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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 2647611, member: 10613&quot;]below is a Constantinopolis commemorative with victory on a prow which is special due to it having a quadripartite design on the shield. A bit from this type from my page--</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The victory on a prow type alludes to the naval victory of Crispus and his subsequent capture of Byzantium (soon to be re-named Constantinople). Zosimus said that Constantine&#039;s fleet had 200 ships and Licinius had 350 ships. Zosimus might have exaggerated, but all sources agreed that Constantine&#039;s fleet was greatly outnumbered. What accounted for the surprise victory of Constantine&#039;s forces? Could it have been that Constantine had better trained sailors...maybe divine providence? A papyrus letter from circa A.D. 323, gives an answer. The letter is from a procurator who said that the government of Egypt had an urgent requirement of box and acanthus wood for repair of the men-at-war vessels in the arsenals of Memphis and Babylon. Egypt sent a total of 130 ships to serve in the navy of Licinius, but it seems that they were all old tubs!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Palladas, a fourth-century pagan poet, wrote mockingly about the city of Constantinople and coins with Victories on the prow --</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">&quot;Here we are, the Victories, the laughing maidens, bearing victories to the Christ-loving city. Those who loved the city fashioned us, stamping figures appropriate to the victories.&quot; (Anth. Plan. 282)</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]585100[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><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></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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