Constantinian AE3/4
Circa 330 - 340 AD
NGC - VF
Roman Bronze Coin, Slabbed and Graded
A Constantinian bronze coin circa 330 to 340 AE3 or AE4(Bi Nummus). Constantinope City Commemorative. Either from the late reign of Constantine I or the early reign of Constantine II. Following Constantinople becoming the capitol city of the eastern Roman Empire.
The reverse depicts the Goddess Victory(Nike or Winged Victory). And the Obverse the bust of Constantine.
Constantinople became the capital of the Roman Empire upon the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the late 5th century, Constantinople remained the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire also known as the Byzantine Empire; 3301204 and 12611453.
In 324, after the Western and Eastern Roman Empires were reunited, the ancient city of Byzantium was selected to serve as the new capital of the Roman Empire, and the city was renamed Nova Roma, or "New Rome", by Emperor Constantine the Great. On 11 May 330, it was renamed Constantinople, and dedicated to Constantine. Constantinople is generally considered to be the center and the "cradle of Orthodox Christian civilization". From the mid-5th century to the early 13th century, Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Europe.
Constantine I, called Constantine the Great, was one of the great Roman emperors, Constantine rose to power when his father Constantius Chlorus died in the year 306 while campaigning against Scottish tribes. He later went on to defeat the rival emperor Maxentius in the decisive battle of Milvian Bridge in 312. He is credited for several great landmarks in history and is probably best memorialized by the city that bore his name for hundreds of years: Constantinople. Although now renamed Istanbul, this city was to be the seat of power for all Byzantine emperors for the next 1100 years, until 1453. Constantine is also remembered as the first Roman emperor who embraced Christianity and instituted the buildings and papal dynasty that eventually grew into what is today the Vatican.
