Coin
Constantinopolis
Roman Imperial
Nicomedia
Asia Minor
Roman Empire
330-335
Bronze
Diameter: 18.4 mm
Weight: 2.84 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.8.29180
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, West Asia, Asia
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse Inscription: CONSTAN-TINOPOLI: Constantinopolis, draped, helmeted, facing left. Transverse Labarum rising over left shoulder behind head. Reverse Inscription: No Legend. Winged victory standing front on ship prow facing left. Left hand resting on shield, right hand holding transverse sceptre running from left foot over right sholder Mint Mark: SMNB in exergue
Course History
CLST 11.2, From Emperors as gods to God as Emperor: The Last Two Centuries of Rome, Robert Stewart, Roger Ulrich, Winter 2014
Provenance
Collected by Hiram Hitchcock (1832-1900, Class of 1872H), Hanover, New Hampshire, date unknown; bequeathed to his second wife, Emily Howe Hitchcock (1852-1912), Hanover, New Hampshire, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1912.
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