"City commemorative" ... uncommon.

[Illyricum65]

Buongiorno,

City commemorative? CONSTANTINOPOLIS e VRBS ROMA? Bronzetti standard, tutti uguali, moduli Ae3 o Ae 4. Iconografie Vittoria sulla prua della nave o Lupa che allatta i gemelli. Tutto qui, una noia. Ne siete proprio sicuri? Eccone alcune non comuni sia per iconografia che per modulo...

City commemorative AE AE strike from the die of a 1.5 solidi. 
Constantinople. Struck AD 330-354. 25mm, 6.10 g. 

CONSTANTINOPOLIS, turreted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis left 

No legend, Victory standing facing between two shields, holding wreath and palm branch. 

Mintmark CONS. 

Not in RIC, Sear, Gnecchi etc. CNG 271, 94.

With permission of cngcoins.com, Jan. 2012.

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/city_commemoratives/_constantinople_CNG_271-94.txt

Triton XVI, Lot: 1158. Estimate $30000.

Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ Medallion (34mm, 26.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 340-350. VRBS ROMA, draped bust of Roma left, wearing laureate crested helmet and necklace / She-wolf to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above. RIC VII 349; Ntantalia Series C, Group 9, 108 (V78/R72); Kent 19 and pl. 12, 14 (same dies); Gnecchi 6 and pl. 132, 7 (same dies). Near EF, attractive dark green patina, minor areas of roughness. Very rare.
Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA V (2 December 2008), lot 297; Stack’s (29 November 1990), lot 355.

https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=223296#

Constantinople, AE medallion, AD 327-328. 27.25 g.

 

CONSTANTINOPOLIS, helmeted and draped bust of Constaninopolis left, wearing necklace, holding sceptre.

VICTORIA AVG, galley right over waves with five oarsmen and steersman,
aplustre and three standards in background, 
Victory walking right on the stern, holding wreath and palm branch.

RIC VII 301; Cohen 13 (this coin); Gnecchi II, 5 (this coin). 

With permission of M&M, the New York Sale XI, lot 357, Jan 2006.

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/city_commemoratives/_constantinople_RIC_VII_301.txt

City commemorative AE Medallion, Rome, struck under Constans or Constantine, AD 330-346.

CONSTANTINOPOLIS, helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis left, holding sceptre over shoulder / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Constantinopolis turreted, seated left, holding branch and cornucopiae. No mintmark.

RIC Rome 358; Gnecchi 12. (both describe Constantinopolis as winged). Very rare.

Sold by Jesus Vico S.A Auction 143, Lot 738, Nov. 2015.

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/city_commemoratives/_rome_RIC_0358.txt

Impero Romano - Costantino I (307-337 d.C.), Medaglione, c. 327-28 d.C., Zecca: Costantinopoli, Rovescio: Victoria Augusti, AE (35 mm - 42.01 g.), Cohen 17, Qualità: patina verde-marrone scuro, tracce di antica doratura, BB. Molto raro. (ex Sincona AG, Auction 4, Zurich 25 October 2011, Lot 4132).

Roman Empire - Constantine I (307-337 AD.), Bronze medaillon c. 327/328, Constantinopolis. CONSTANTI – NOPOLIS Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantinopolis with sceptre to r. Rev. VICTORIA A – V – GVSTI Constantinopolis seated to l., holding branch and cornucopia, behind her Victory with palm branch. 42,11 g. C. 17. Gruber, Roman Medallions cf. pp.85-86, 4ff. Very rare. Dark green brown patina with traces of old gilding. Very Fine. (ex Sincona AG, Auction 4, Zurich 25 October 2011, Lot 4132).

https://www.novamarketing.ch/coins/photo.php?search=Ancient-Roman-Empire-Augustus-Aureus-Gold&search1=Ancient&code=209pu0a0a254010104&bnr=5de18de75c272fe4fad5dc6f5d4bd5e2

Contorniate AE Medallion, Rome, struck under Constans, AD 

340-347. 22.72g, 31mm. 

CONSTANTINOPOLIS, helmeted and mantled bust of 

Constantinopolis left, holding sceptre over shoulder. 

VICTORIA AVGG NN, Res Publica turreted, seated left, 
holding branch and cornucopiae; Victory standing left 

behind her, crowning her with a wreath and holding a palm-branch. 

No mintmark.

RIC Rome 383; Gnecchi 8.

With permission of Roma Numismatics, Jan. 2016.

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/city_commemoratives/_rome_RIC_0383.txt

COMMEMORATIVE SERIES. 337-354 AD. Æ Medallion (32mm, 25.86 gm). Rome mint. Struck 337-340. CONSTANTI-NOPOLIS, draped bust of Constantinopolis right, wearing laureate crested Corinthian helmet and necklace, holding sceptre over right shoulder / VIC-TO-RIA AVG, Constantinopolis, winged and turreted, seated left, holding branch and cornucopiae, left foot on prow. RIC VII 303; RIC VIII 362; F. Ntantalia, Bronzemedallions unter Konstantin dem grossen und seinen söhnen, Series B, 6 (V4/R4); J.P.C. Kent, "Urbs Roma and Constantinopolis Medallions at the mint of Rome," Scripta Nummaria Romana pg. 109, 13; Gnecchi 4. VF, olive green patina. Very rare. ($4000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXVI (Summer 2001), no. 116; Ars Antiqva 1 (3 November 2000), lot 437.

Constantine formally dedicated his new capital city of Constantinople on May 11, 330 and immediately commenced the issue of coinage, with the type of GLORIA EXERCITVS for the imperial family and special types of VRBS ROMA and CONSTANTINOPOLIS for the imperial cities. In addition to the regular coinage, he (and subsequently his sons) issued a series of medallions that often paralleled the motifs of the coins, including this impressive medallion which depicts the personification of the new capital on both the obverse and reverse. Interestingly, the site that Constantine chose for his new city, Byzantium, was also the site of a decisive naval victory against the forces of Licinius, and all the early imagery of Constantinopolis relates to the theme of victory at sea. Thus, when the dedication inspired the issue of a commemorative coinage, Constantinopolis was typified by a sceptred and armed figure of Victory, her foot upon a prow; she was thus regal as well as victorious from her beginning.

It should be noted that the obverse of this medallion shares its die with another issued at about the same time, the reverse of which is nearly identical except that Constantinopolis is being crowned by Victory (Gnecchi 12). The reverse die was re-used for a medallion in the name of Constantius II (Gnecchi 18).

https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=54254#

Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 25

Lot number: 2825

Lot description: Commemorative Series, 330. AE (Orichalcum, 16 mm, 1.46 g, 12 h), Constantinopolis. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS Draped bust of Constantinopolis to right, wearing pearl diadem with semicircular extension and pearl necklace. Rev. P - R Pax standing front, head to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and transverse scepter in her left. RIC 106 corr. ('Rome'). Ramskold, Coins and medallions (2011), p. 140, fig. 8A-B. Minor traces of corrosion and with a light scratch on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine. From the collection of Dr. L. Ramskold, ex Rauch Mail Bid Sale 5, 1 September 2001, 1034. This issue was assigned in RIC VIII to the mint of Rome (RIC 106). However, as corrected by Ramskold (Coins and medallions (2011), p. 139-141), the mint is not Rome but Constantinopolis. These medalettes were all struck in brass (not bronze as stated in RIC VIII), and Ramskold followed Bendall (2002) in assigning them to 330 rather than 348, the date given in RIC VIII.RIC VIII.

https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2177359&AucID=5227&Lot=2825&Val=c95f682cc6d98c0505965436b10535c5

Commemorative Series. 330-354 AD. Æ-Small Orichalcum Medallion (16mm, 2.01g). Struck 348 AD. RO - MA, Helmeted and draped bust of Roma right. / Virtus standing facing, head left, wearing military attire, holding spear and shield; P–R across field. (mint of Rome). RIC VIII, pg 256, #104 (R4) (correction -Virtus not emperor).; Vagi 3049. Good VF, black patina, flan crack. RARE and attractive ! 

https://www.vcoins.com/it/stores/roys_coins/141/product/commemorative_series_330354_ad_roma_small_medallion_rare_and_attractive_/1880485/Default.aspx

Ciao

Illyricum

 

[gioal]

Quelle che hai postato sono eccezionali, ma per me non sono una noia nemmeno quelle comuni; le trovo molto gradevoli.

[gpittini]

DE GREGE EPICURI

Hai ragione @Illyricum65, con queste non ci si annoia, ma chi le ha mai viste? Io già mi accontento delle URBS ROMA/GLORIA EXERCITUS, che in fondo sono abbastanza comuni. O di quelle (tipo "Collezione Sabetta") in cui la lupa presenta strani globetti qua e là...