Battle of the Milvian Bridge

303, Lot: 402. Estimate $150. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ (14mm, 1.06 g, 1h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Struck AD 330. POP ROMANVS, draped bust of Genus left, cornucopia on shoulder / Milvian Bridge over river; CONS/I. RIC VIII 21; LRBC 1066. Good VF, brown patina, some surface roughness.

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.