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Nummus - Constantinus I VRBS ROMA, Heraclea
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 330-333 |
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| Value | Nummus (1⁄7200) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted and draped bust of Roma facing left, wearing a crested helmet adorned with elaborate ridge decoration. The effigy is rendered in the characteristic Constantinian style, with the neck protected by a pteryges. The legend VRBS ROMA arcs around the bust within a beaded border, commemorating the city of Rome as a personified deity rather than depicting an imperial portrait. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The VRBS ROMA commemorative series was struck from 330 AD as part of Constantine's celebration of the new eastern capital at Constantinople — a political rebranding exercise that required honoring Rome even while functionally abandoning it. Heraclea, sitting on the Propontis in Thrace, was one of several mints activated for this propagandistic mass issue, producing coins across multiple officinae simultaneously. RIC VII Heraclea 119 is among the more localized varieties within what was effectively an empire-wide mint coordination rarely attempted at this scale.