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Nummus - Constantinus I CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE; Constantinopolis

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 328-329
Value Nummus / Follis (1⁄180)
Currency Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395)
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.89 g
Diameter 19.1 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
534711
References RIC VII# 38
Patrick Magnus Bruun; 1966. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 7. Constantine I – Licinius (AD 313–337). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.7.cnp.38
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Constantine I, right, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG

Unabridged legend: Constantinus Maximus Augustus.

Translation: The Great August Constantine.

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, seated left on cippus, head right, holding palm in each hand; before her, trophy; at foot of trophy, kneeling captive, head turned, being spurned by Victory; Officina mark in left field, Dot after mintmark

Script: Latin

Lettering: CONSTANTINI-ANA DAFNE

Unabridged legend: Constantiniana Dafne

Translation: The Constantinian fort of Dafne.

Mint

CONS Constantinople (ancient), modern-day Istanbul, Turkey (330-476)

Comments

Dafne was a fort or camp, constructed by Constantine on the bank of the Danube.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (328-329)  1st Officina (CON• / A)
ND (328-329)  2nd Officina (CON• / B)
ND (328-329)  4th Officina (CON• / Δ)
ND (328-329)  5th Officina (CON• / ∈)
ND (328-329)  7th Officina (CON• / Z)

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