- Co 206 (Late Roman bronze coin of Procopius from Constantinople with countermark) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 366
- Not before (date)
- 365
- Comment
- RW, JLR: Unusual flan, clumsy rendering of reverse figure, and countermark: barbarous imitation?
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- Co 509
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Constantinople 18, p. 215 (but variant 3 (F))
- Description
- Flan is undersized for this type by up to 35%, though it is unusually thick: cast and not struck?
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G/VG. Slight nicking around edge to deeper gouges on reverse; dense but slight pitting; faint patchy cloud of white corrosion(?) and rare specks of green bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 80, no. 1255 (R. Hohlfelder published as “Illegible”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Procopius (365-366)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.81
- Obverse Description
- Countermark to left in shallow incuse rectangle (4.5 mm): R B (thick, bold letters)
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- D N PROCO-[PI]VS P F A[VG]
- Reverse Description
- Emperor in military dress standing facing, holding labarum in upraised right hand and grounded shield in left hand
- Reverse Inscription
- REPARA[TIO FEL TEMP]; in exergue, CONS[.]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 206 (Late Roman bronze coin of Procopius from Constantinople with countermark).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0206>
