{"product_id":"roman-constantinian-ad-330-340-ae3-4-nummus-ngc-constantinopolis-victory-26","title":"Roman Constantinian AD 330-340 AE3\/4 NUMMUS NGC \/ Constantinopolis\/Victory (26)","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"WCPGSubHead\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 11px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/resized-images.crazylister.com\/68747470733a2f2f696d672e6372617a796c69737465722e636f6d2f35383630382f696d616765732f6c6f676f322835292e706e673f76657273696f6e49643d5f695235775254556a5736497a53305f54792e524c376649764f6c347a727834\/auto\/82.png\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cfont style=\"font-family: Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRoman Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREIGN OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINIAN AD 330-340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAE3\/4  BI NUMMUS (FOLLIS)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOBVERSE:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehelmeted, mantled bust of Roma left.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont style=\"font-family: Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVERSE: CONSTANTINOPOLIS \/ GOD VICTORY.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONSTANTINOPOLI, Constantinopolis helmeted, \u003cbr\u003elaureate bust left, holding scepter over shoulder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictory (Nike) standing left, stepping on galley prow, cradling scepter and \u003cbr\u003eresting hand on shield; \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont style=\"font-family: Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis coin was issued by Constantine the \u003cbr\u003eGreat to commemorate the founding of the city of Constantinopolis. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe obverse of the coin features a helmeted \u003cbr\u003egoddess while the reverse features a Guardian Angel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy circa 330 A.D., Constantine the Great \u003cbr\u003ecompleted his new capital for the Roman empire and called it Constantinople \u003cbr\u003eafter himself, originally the ancient Greek city named Byzantium. Constantinople \u003cbr\u003elay in a strategically important location and could be considered the \u003cbr\u003econtinuation of the Roman empire in the east until about 1453 A.D. when it fell \u003cbr\u003eto the Ottoman Turks. For this momentous occasion, he issued two coin types \u003cbr\u003ecommemorating this event, with one celebrating Rome and the other \u003cbr\u003eConstantinople. The type that commemorated Rome had the personification of Rome, \u003cbr\u003eRoma with the inscription VRBS ROMA and the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus \u003cbr\u003eon the reverse suckling the mythical she-wolf. The type that commemorated \u003cbr\u003eConstantinople had the personification of Constantinople on the obverse and \u003cbr\u003eVictory on a galley sailing with a shield. This was a great way for Constantine \u003cbr\u003ethe Great to pay homage to both Rome and Constantinople as now the Roman empire \u003cbr\u003ehad two official capitals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConstantinopolis, built on the site of the ancient Byzantium by Constantine the \u003cbr\u003eGreat, who called it after his own name and made it the capital of the Roman \u003cbr\u003eempire. It was solemnly consecrated A.D. 330. It was built in imitation of Rome. \u003cbr\u003eThus it covered 7 hills, was divided into 14 regiones, and was adorned with \u003cbr\u003evarious buildings in imitation of the capital of the Western world. Its extreme \u003cbr\u003elength was about 3 Roman miles ; and its walls included eventually a \u003cbr\u003ecircumference of 13 or 14 Roman miles. It continued the capital of the Roman \u003cbr\u003eempire in the east until its capture by the Turks in 1453. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eConstantine I 'The Great' - Roman Emperor: \u003cbr\u003e307-337 A.D.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaesar (Recognized): 306-309 A.D. | Filius Augustorum (Recognized): 309-310 A.D. \u003cbr\u003e| Augustus (Self-Proclaimed): 307-310 A.D. | Augustus (Recognized): 310-337 A.D. \u003cbr\u003e|\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e| Son of Constantius I 'Chlorus' and Helena | Step-son of Theodora | Husband of \u003cbr\u003eMinervina and Fausta | Father (by Minervina) of Crispus and (by Fausta) of \u003cbr\u003eConstantine II, Constantius II, Constans, Constantina (wife of Hanniballianus \u0026amp; \u003cbr\u003eConstantius Gallus) and Helena the Younger (wife of Julian II) | Son-in-law of \u003cbr\u003eMaximian and Eutropia | Brother-in-law of Maxentius | Half-brother of Constantia \u003cbr\u003e(w. of Licinius I) | Half-uncle of Delmatius, Hanniballianus, Constantius \u003cbr\u003eGallus, Julian II, Licinius II and Nepotian | Grandfather of Constantia (wife of \u003cbr\u003eGratian) |\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConstantine the Great (Latin: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus; \u003cbr\u003e27 February c. 272 AD - 22 May 337 AD), also known as Constantine I or Saint \u003cbr\u003eConstantine (in the Orthodox Church as Saint Constantine the Great, \u003cbr\u003eEqual-to-the-Apostles), was a Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD. Constantine was \u003cbr\u003ethe son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman army officer, and his consort \u003cbr\u003eHelena. His father became Caesar, the deputy emperor in the west in 293 AD. \u003cbr\u003eConstantine was sent east, where he rose through the ranks to become a military \u003cbr\u003etribune under the emperors Diocletian and Galerius. In 305, Constantius was \u003cbr\u003eraised to the rank of Augustus, senior western emperor, and Constantine was \u003cbr\u003erecalled west to campaign under his father in Britannia (Britain). Acclaimed as \u003cbr\u003eemperor by the army at Eboracum (modern-day York) after his father's death in \u003cbr\u003e306 AD, Constantine emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against the \u003cbr\u003eemperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by \u003cbr\u003e324 AD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs emperor, Constantine enacted many administrative, financial, social, and \u003cbr\u003emilitary reforms to strengthen the empire. The government was restructured and \u003cbr\u003ecivil and military authority separated. A new gold coin, the solidus, was \u003cbr\u003eintroduced to combat inflation. It would become the standard for Byzantine and \u003cbr\u003eEuropean currencies for more than a thousand years. The first Roman emperor to \u003cbr\u003eclaim conversion to Christianity, Constantine played an influential role in the \u003cbr\u003eproclamation of the Edict of Milan in 313, which decreed tolerance for \u003cbr\u003eChristianity in the empire. He called the First Council of Nicaea in 325, at \u003cbr\u003ewhich the Nicene Creed was professed by Christians. In military matters, the \u003cbr\u003eRoman army was reorganised to consist of mobile field units and garrison \u003cbr\u003esoldiers capable of countering internal threats and barbarian invasions. \u003cbr\u003eConstantine pursued successful campaigns against the tribes on the Roman \u003cbr\u003efrontiers-the Franks, the Alamanni, the Goths, and the Sarmatians-even \u003cbr\u003eresettling territories abandoned by his predecessors during the Crisis of the \u003cbr\u003eThird Century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe age of Constantine marked a distinct epoch in the history of the Roman \u003cbr\u003eEmpire. He built a new imperial residence at Byzantium and renamed the city \u003cbr\u003eConstantinople after himself (the laudatory epithet of \"New Rome\" came later, \u003cbr\u003eand was never an official title). It would later become the capital of the \u003cbr\u003eEmpire for over one thousand years; for which reason the later Eastern Empire \u003cbr\u003ewould come to be known as the Byzantine Empire. His more immediate political \u003cbr\u003elegacy was that, in leaving the empire to his sons, he replaced Diocletian's \u003cbr\u003etetrarchy with the principle of dynastic succession. His reputation flourished \u003cbr\u003eduring the lifetime of his children and centuries after his reign. The medieval \u003cbr\u003echurch upheld him as a paragon of virtue while secular rulers invoked him as a \u003cbr\u003eprototype, a point of reference, and the symbol of imperial legitimacy and \u003cbr\u003eidentity. Beginning with the Renaissance, there were more critical appraisals of \u003cbr\u003ehis reign due to the rediscovery of anti-Constantinian sources. Critics \u003cbr\u003eportrayed him as a tyrant. Trends in modern and recent scholarship attempted to \u003cbr\u003ebalance the extremes of previous scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConstantine is a significant figure in the history of Christianity. The Church \u003cbr\u003eof the Holy Sepulchre, built on his orders at the purported site of Jesus' tomb \u003cbr\u003ein Jerusalem, became the holiest place in Christendom. The Papal claim to \u003cbr\u003etemporal power in the High Middle Ages was based on the supposed Donation of \u003cbr\u003eConstantine. 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