brm_1070513 - CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 330-334
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINOPOLI.
Obverse description : Buste de Constantinopolis casqué, lauré, drapé et cuirassé à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant, avec le sceptre sur l'épaule (D*2).
Obverse translation : (Constantinople).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE// SMKA.
Reverse description : Victoria (La Victoire) debout à gauche, posant le pied droit sur une proue de vaisseau, tenant un sceptre transversal de la main droite et s'appuyant sur un bouclier.
Historical background
CONSTANTINOPOLIS
(330-348)
After the capture of Rome on October 28, 312, Constantine 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 borders of Europe and Asia, on the banks of the Bosphorus, resurrecting ancient Byzantium. Rome is already no longer in Rome and Constantinople has not yet been born. Constantin dedicates his new Christian capital in May 330. It will be the new Rome. The old senatorial aristocracy never forgives him. The end of Rome, if not the Roman Empire, has just begun.
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