- Co 274 (Late Roman bronze coin of Anastasius I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 498
- Not before (date)
- 491
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AdelsonKustas1964, pp. 167-168, 188, 189-190, 190-191 (monograms Z1, Z4, Z6 attributed to Anastasius or Justinian; Zacha hoard)
- Comparanda
- BMCIB Anastasius 59, 60, p. 7, pl. II:1
- Comparanda
- BMCVandals Small Bronze Coins 128-134, pp. 32-33, pl. iv:14, 15
- Comparanda
- DOCI Anastasius 15, pp. 11-12, pl. II
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2288, p. 91
- Comparanda
- MIB1 Anastasius I 40, p. 101, pl. 3
- Description
- Coin clipped down into irregular tetragon with rounded sides.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG. Nicked edges; incipient pale blue bronze corrosion on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 63, no. 987 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Anastasius I-Justinian I, Uncertain, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Anastasius I (491-518)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 10.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.43
- Obverse Description
- Diademed and draped bust of emperor to right; within band border (“barbarous“ style)
- Obverse Inscription
- D N [ ]
- Reverse Inscription
- Monogram of emperor; within band border
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 274 (Late Roman bronze coin of Anastasius I from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0274>
