Commemorative Series, 330. AE (Orichalcum, 15 mm, 1.76 g, 6 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. A beautiful piece of fine style, with a lovely green patina. Slightly rough and with a few tiny scratches, otherwise, extremely fine.


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.