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Nummus - Constantinus I POP ROMANVS, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 330 |
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| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of the Genius of the Roman People (Genius Populi Romani) facing left, head laureate, with a cornucopiae resting on the left shoulder. The legend POP ROMANVS encircles the bust in the field, rendered in Latin capitals. The portrait is executed in the late Constantinian style, with simplified drapery folds characteristic of the period. The flan is irregular, as typical of this small-module hammered coinage struck at Constantinople from AD 330. |
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| Mintage | ND (330) ∈ - - ND (330) A - - ND (330) B - - ND (330) H - - ND (330) I - - ND (330) IA - - ND (330) S - - ND (330) Z - - ND (330) Γ - - ND (330) Δ - - ND (330) θ - - |
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The CONOB and city-commemorative issues of 330 AD mark the formal dedication of Constantinople as the new imperial capital — Constantine's calculated effort to anchor Roman legitimacy in the East without formally abandoning Rome. This particular POP ROMANVS type, paired with the Constantinopolis reverse, was struck in the same foundational year the city was consecrated, on May 11, 330.
RIC VIII #22 places this among the earliest products of the Constantinople mint operating under its own civic identity rather than as a satellite of Nicomedia.