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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 2507501, member: 80804&quot;]Constantine died in 337, not 377, but that is unimportant as regards VRBS ROMA Centenionales.&nbsp; They were issued beginning in 330 alongside of the CONSTANTIOPOLIS city commemoratives as well as the very, very common GLORIA EXERCITVS - 2 soldiers and 2 (later, one) standard(s) between them - all part of the same huge emission of Centenionales in honor of Constantine moving the administrative capital from Rome to Constantinople.&nbsp; That is why there are 2 main types of city commemoratives - one to honor Rome, the other to honor Constantinople.&nbsp; The VRBS ROMA and CONSTANTINOPOLIS allegorical city representations survived as obverse types, often paired with Gloria Exercitus or Vota reverses up until the final emission of VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN) 2 Victories centenionales and accompanying Votas, which were the final issue of Centenionales in the Constantinian-era, just before the reforms which introduced the larger Majorina coins which are typically mainly associated with FEL TEMP REPARATIO (several types, at first, later just the soldier and unfortunate horseman that is so common) reverses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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