Seaton Down Hoard coin, nummus commemorating Constantinopolis (coin)
Ownership/credit: RAMM acquired the coins with help from Clinton Devon Estates, Thomson Reuters, Devon County Council and many members of the public. A generous donation by Patrick Long will ensure that the coins are preserved for inspiration and wonder of children.
Ownership/credit: RAMM acquired the coins with help from Clinton Devon Estates, Thomson Reuters, Devon County Council and many members of the public. A generous donation by Patrick Long will ensure that the coins are preserved for inspiration and wonder of children.
Ownership/credit: RAMM acquired the coins with help from Clinton Devon Estates, Thomson Reuters, Devon County Council and many members of the public. A generous donation by Patrick Long will ensure that the coins are preserved for inspiration and wonder of children.
Descriptions
A nummus of the type that weighed 1/132 of a pound. Made in AD 332 at the mint in Lyon, in modern France. It is one of 251 similar coins in the Seaton Down Hoard.
The coin depicts the personification of the city of Constantinopolis on one side and a winged figure of Victory on the other. Coins like this were issued across the Roman world to celebrate the foundation of Constantine I’s brand new capital city. Constantinopolis later became Byzantium and is now Istanbul in modern Turkey.
This particular coin was the 1,000,000th object recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
This object is not on display.
Inscription
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