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Commemorative Series; Roma/emperor standing
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Description
Commemorative Series, AE3 Constantinopole 330. RO-MA; draped bust of Roma to right, wearing crested Attic helmet and pearl necklace / emperor (or Roma) standing front, head to right, holding inverted spear in her right hand and placing his left on shield set on ground; P – R across fields.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE16 |
| Weight [g]: | 1,32 |
| Grade: | gF/gF |
| Attribution: | Ramskold, Coins and medallions (2011), p. 139, fig. 7A-C. RIC 104 corr. ('Rome') |
| Commentary: | very rare; oliv-grey patina, decent details |
Historical Context
At the point of establishing it as "New Rome" Constantinople had some 20.000 people and reching at it's peak during the early 6th century maybe 500.000 inhabitants - roughly the half of maximim population of Rome.
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