335-337 AD., City Commemorative Constantinopolis, Antiochia mint, Follis, RIC 114.
City Commemorative Constantinopolis, Antiochia mint, officina 10, 335-337 AD.,
Follis / AE17 (18-19 mm, 2,46 g.),
Obv.: CONSTAN - TINOPOLIS , helmeted bust of Constantinopolis left, in imperial cloak and holding scepter across left shoulder.
Rev.: S M AN I , Victory standing left on prow, holding scepter and leaning on shield.
RIC VII, 697, 114 (s) .
Constantine the Great and his sons issued small bronze coins commemorating the old capital, Rome, and the new capital, Constantinople, to symbolize the equality of the two cities and the new importance of Constantinople to the empire.