Coin

Constantinopolis
Roman Imperial
Nicomedia
Asia Minor
Roman Empire

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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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