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'Urbs Roma"  - Constantinian Commemorative Issues

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R6105 - Constantinian Commemorative Issue, Dedicated to the city of Rome (A.D. 333-335), Bronze Follis, 2.12g., 12mm, Constantinople mint (Istanbul, Turkey), fifth officina,  helmeted bust Roma wearing imperial mantle left, VRBS ROMA, rev.,  she-wolf standing left, with Romulus and Remus suckling beneath, two stars and a branch above,  CONSЄ• in exergue (RIC 78), practically as struck, dark patina, superb. $145

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GF133 - Constantinian Commemorative Issue, Dedicated to the city of Rome (A.D. 330-331), Bronze Follis, 2.70g., Arelate mint (Arles, France), helmeted bust Roma wearing imperial mantle left, VRBS ROMA, rev., she-wolf standing left, with Romulus and Remus suckling beneath, two stars and tree  above,  [P or SCONST] in exergue (RIC 392), reverse off-centre, practically as struck. $125