CONSTANTINOPLE COMMEMORATIVE Æ4 (14mm/1.13 gm) Constantinople 330 AD 
US $145.00
October 14, 2007

CONSTANTINOPLE DEDICATION COMMEMORATIVE Æ4 14mm. Constantinople 330 AD. POP ROMANVS, laureate and draped bust left of the Roman People, cornucopiae on shoulder / bridge over river, CONS/LA above. RIC VIII 21. 1.13 gm. Weak obverse strike. Near Very Fine. Rated common, but seldom seen on the market. 

The obverse portrait of the Roman people is rare.  The bridge on the reverse is unidentified, but some have speculated that it could be the famous Milvian Bridge where the battle, one of the world’s most momentous, took place on October 28, 312 between Constantine I and Maxentius.