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Reference | RIC 240 (VII, Siscia), LRBC 750 | Bronze AE4 16mm (1.46 grams) Heraclea mint: 337-340 A.D. The type that commemorated Rome had the personification of Rome, Roma with the inscription VRBS ROMA and the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus on the reverse suckling the she-wolf The type that commemorated Constantinople had the personification of Constantinople on the obverse and Victory on a galley sailing with a shield After Constantine's victory over the Alemanni, he minted a coin issue depicting weeping and begging Alemannic tribesmen—"The Alemanni conquered"—beneath the phrase "Romans' rejoicing"
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