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Nummus - Constantinus I VRBS ROMA, Roma
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 330-331 |
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| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted and draped bust of Roma facing left, wearing a crested helmet and imperial paludamentum, rendered in profile with bold late-antique sculptural style. The legend VRBS ROMA encircles the effigy, reading partially to the left and right of the bust within a beaded border. The personification evokes the goddess Roma as patroness of the eternal city, a commemorative type introduced by Constantine I circa 330 AD. The flan is irregular and slightly worn, consistent with hammered bronze coinage of the Constantinian period. |
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| Obverse lettering | VRBS ROMA (Translation: City of Rome) |
| Reverse description | The Capitoline she-wolf (lupa capitolina) standing left, her head turned back, suckling the twin infants Romulus and Remus who kneel beneath her. Two stars appear in the upper field, one to either side, symbolizing divine favour and the celestial origin of Rome's founders. The reverse is anepigraphic, with no surrounding legend, and the mintmark appears in the exergue. The design draws directly on Rome's founding mythology and serves as a powerful commemorative emblem of the Eternal City. |
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