Description

Reverse:

Roma, helmeted, seated facing left, holding a spear in her left hand;

Constantinopolis, turreted, seated to the left, her right foot resting on a prow (to the right), holding a scepter in her left hand.

Between them, a shield inscribed VOT / XXX / MVLT / XXXX

(Votis tricennalibus, multis quadragennalibus – “Vows for the 30th year of reign, and hopes for many more toward the 40th.”)

Mintmark: SMNB over SMNA

Clear evidence of an overstrike: the mintmark SMNB (Nicomedia, second officina) appears to have been engraved over a prior SMNA (first officina). A noteworthy variety.