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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3156219, member: 44316&quot;]The OP [original post] CONSTANTINOPOLIS type is historically significant.&nbsp; For a short article on the coin type see:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For a longer article which includes related types, see:</p><p><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">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are about a dozen types closely connected to the founding of Constantinople (and numerous varieties of the two main types), so it makes a nice compact collecting theme. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a rare Constantinopolis type:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]809369[/ATTACH] </p><p>16 mm. </p><p>Pax standing left holding branch and scepter</p><p>P R either side (PAX ROMANA?)</p><p>Struck c. 348 (just before the FEL TEMP REPARATIO reform coinage)</p><p>RIC VIII Rome 106 &quot;r4&quot; (only a few known to John Kent in 1981 when RIC VIII came out).</p><p><br /></p><p>For more, see the longer version (above) of the site on the coins of the founding of Constantinople.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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