- Co 210 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constans I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 348
- Not before (date)
- 347
- Logical part of
- Area B (northwest side of harbor)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC VIII Thessalonica 106, p. 411
- Comparanda
- LRBC I.864, p. 21
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Broken flan; ca. 30% of lower coin missing. Minor nicking and cracking; moderate flaking on faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 57, no. 753 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Constans I (Caesar, 333-337; Augustus, 337-350)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 15.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.74
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and [cuirassed] bust of emperor to right; within thin dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- [CON]STANS - P F [AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Two Victoriae holding wreaths standing facing each other; in between, palm branch (traces); within thin dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- [VI]CT[ORIAE] DD AV[GG Q NN]; mintmark (e.g., SMTSΓ) does not survive
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 210 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constans I from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0210>
