334-335 AD., City Commemorative Constantinopolis, Siscia mint, Æ Follis, RIC 241.

City Commemorative Constantinopolis, Siscia mint, second officina, 334-335 AD.,
Æ Follis (17-18 mm / 2,12 g),
Obv.: CONSTAN - TINOPOLIS , Constantinopolis' laureate, helmeted bust left in imperial cloak, holding scepter across left shoulder.
Rev.: • B SIS • , Victory standing facing, head left, r. foot on prow, holding transverse scepter and resting left hand on shield.
RIC VII Siscia, 456, 241 ; LRBC I 751 .

Constantine the Great and his sons issued small bronze coins commemorating the old capital, Rome, and the new capital, Constantinople, to symbolize the equality of the two cities and the new importance of Constantinople to the empire.