The Milvian Bridge

259, Lot: 382. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ (14mm, 1.04 g, 12h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. Struck in commemoration of the foundation of Constantinople, AD 330. POP ROMANVS, draped bust of Genus left, cornucopia on shoulder / Milvian Bridge over river; CONS//Z. RIC VIII 21. VF, black patina, rough.

The reverse depicts the famed Milvian Bridge over the Tiber, where Maxentius made his stand against Constantine’s forces in October of AD 312. Tradition holds that it was prior to this battle that Constantine had a vision that would lead to both his victory over Maxentius and his conversion to Christianity.