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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 2507092, member: 10613&quot;]This coin is not a Late Roman Bronze, but rather a Late Roman Brass</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]532725[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Commemorative</p><p>A.D. 348</p><p>16mm&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.4gm</p><p>OBV: ROMA, draped bust of Roma right, wearing visored and crested helmet.</p><p>REV: Anepigraphic- Emperor, helmeted and in military dress, standing facing, head left, holding spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield. P-R across fields.</p><p>RIC VIII Rome 104</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The description above is from RIC VIII, which is outdated. The figure on the reverse is female (which can be seen clearly on some examples)- so either the goddess ROMA (which seems unlikely as ROMA is already on the obverse) or maybe the personification of CONSTANTINOPOLIS or possibly VIRTVS. It also 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>These coins were assigned to the Rome mint mainly because of the ROMA obverse and the P R on the reverse, which stands for POPVLI ROMANI (Roman People), but a sister issue of this type has Constantinopolis on the obverse and PAX reverse with P-R across the fields. VOT P R also appears on the shields of VLPP’s from a variety of mints, so there is no reason to believe that P R must be indicative of a Rome product.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Two articles that talk about this coinage--</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Simon Bendall <a href="http://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_2002_num_6_158_1441" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_2002_num_6_158_1441" rel="nofollow"> Some comments on the anonymous silver coinage of the fourth to sixth centuries A.D.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Lars Ramskold <a href="https://www.academia.edu/1469456/Coins_and_Medallions_struck_for_the_Inauguration_of_Constantinopolis_11_May_330" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/1469456/Coins_and_Medallions_struck_for_the_Inauguration_of_Constantinopolis_11_May_330" rel="nofollow"> Coins and Medallions struck for the Inauguration of Constantinopolis 11 May 330</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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