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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8129896, member: 128351&quot;]The turreted goddess is not Concordia, it is Constantinople, because she is enthroned, one foot on prow. This is the characteristic of Constantinople city goddess, an allusion to the naval battle of Chrysopolis (now Üsküdar, a municipality of Istanbul), won by the Constantinian fleet against Licinius, which was immediately followed by the re-foundation of nearby Byzantium, overlooking the battle place, as Constantinopolis. </p><p><br /></p><p>These AE3 <i>Concordia Auggg</i> were minted with either Roma or Constantinopolis on reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have two AE3 Concordia types (Antioch mint), one for Valentinian II with the city-goddess Roma:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416091[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The other one for Arcadius with the city-goddess Constantinopolis, helmeted, foot on prow:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416093[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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