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Message:: [QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 8135911, member: 120820"]Constantinopolis was obviously a new "goddess", a protective city tyche and personification, that came along with the renaming of Byzantium to Constantinopolis. This may be her first appearance on the coins at the dedication in 330 AD. The figures of Roma (with her distinctive helmet) and Constantinopolis (with her tyche-like turreted crown and foot on prow) on the medallion seem clear enough, and the foot on prow would also seem to make it clear this is the same figure that then immediately appears on the common bronze commemorative with legend of "Constantinopolis", and again with foot on prow. It's certainly interesting to see her depiction change from turreted to helmetted, but it is what it is! Perhaps they were just deciding how to depict this new goddess/personification? The diademed bust on your coin is certainly not what we expect Constantinopolis to look like given these two other (one turreted, one helmetted) depictions, but then we see the exact same diademed bust on the P-R orichalcum piece where she is identified as Constantinpolis by the legend. Additionally, the bust (with diadem and ties vs fancy hair style) does not match what we'd expect for Helena, especially at this date.[/QUOTE]