Battle of the Milvian Bridge

325, Lot: 651. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ (13mm, 1.13 g, 12h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 330. POP ROMANVS, draped bust of Genius left, with cornucopia over shoulder / Milvian Bridge over Tiber River; CONS//A. RIC VIII 21; LRBC 1066; Vagi 3043. VF, dark green patina.

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.