KC039 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Heraclea) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Not after (date)

383

Not before (date)

379

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

Co 521

Comparanda

RIC IX Heraclea 19c, p. 196, pl. XVI:16

Comparanda

LRBC II.1961, p. 84

Preservation comment

Wear: F. Slight pitting and flaking around edges; large corrosive accretion on upper left obverse.

Published as

Weir2022, p. 1134, no. 825, fig. 23.10

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Theodosius I (378-395)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

15.0

Numismatic Mint

Heraclea (Thrace)

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.16

Obverse Description

Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; within dotted border

Obverse Inscription

D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG

Reverse Description

Inscription in four lines within wreath adorned with jewel above and tied flat below with coiled cord and spreading ribbons

Reverse Inscription

VOT | X | MVLT | XX within wreath; in exergue, SMHA

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Photograph

Photograph