Ancient ; CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus Date: 330-331 Mint name / Town : Trves Metal : copper Diameter : 18 mm Orientation dies : 6 h. Weight : 2,71 g. CATALOGUE REFERENCES : C.21 – LRBC.59 – RIC.529 Obverse ; legend CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS.

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Ancient ; CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 330-331
Mint name / Town : Tr?ves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,71 g.
CATALOGUE REFERENCES :
C.21 – LRBC.59 – RIC.529
Obverse ; legend CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS.
Buste casqu?, laur? et cuirass? de Constantinople ? gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, avec le sceptre sur l’?paule gauche (E*7).
Reverse ; legend AN?PIGRAPHE// TRS..
Victoria (la Victoire) debout de face tourn?e ? gauche sur une proue de navire, les ailes d?ploy?es, tenant un sceptre transversal de la main droite et appuy?e sur un bouclier de la main gauche.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
CONSTANTINOPLE (330-348)
Constantine, after the capture of Rome on October 28 312, did not stay in the capital. He moved to Arles, which almost became the new capital of the Empire. After 324 and the victory over Licinius, Constantine decided to build a new capital on the border of Europe and Asia, on the banks of the Bosphorus, resurrecting ancient Byzantium. Rome was no longer in Rome and Constantinople was not yet born. Constantin dedicate its new Christian capital in May 330. It will be the new Rome. The old senatorial aristocracy never forgave him. The end of Rome if the Roman Empire had begun. “SAVE HERITAGE SAVE COINS”