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