TYPE Roman Empire, period of Constantine the Great and sons, 330-346 AD, anonymous issue commemorating Rome - AE3 (bronze), Thessalonika mint, 5th officina DESCRIPTION . Obv: Helmeted bust of Roma to left, legend URBS ROMA ("city of Rome") Rev: She-wolf suckling legendary founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus; two stars above, mintmark SMTSE below REFERENCE: SR 3894 var. GRADING: VF+ / AEF, glossy dark brown patina, slight obverse encrustation ORDER INFO: R1834, $22 Popular type issued in conjunction with the other, Constantinopolis type. While meant to reassert the moral and cultural importance of Rome at a time when Constantinople was dedicated as the new capital of the Empire, it could not prevent the slide of the "eternal city" - along with all of the Western empire - into long-term oblivion, as the East gradually rose throughout the Middle Ages under what was to be known as the Byzantine Empire.