Co 282 (Late Roman bronze coin of Zeno from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

491

Not before (date)

476

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RIC X Zeno 960, p. 314

Preservation comment

Wear: aG. Slight, somewhat sparse nicking and pitting.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 64, no. 1005 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justin I or Justinian, Uncertain, Nummus“)

Axis (1-12)

12

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Zeno (474-491)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

9.0

Numismatic Mint

Thessalonica

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.62

Obverse Description

Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)

Obverse Inscription

D N ZENO [ ] (traces)

Reverse Description

Monogram within thick wreath

Reverse Inscription

Monogram 3 of Zeno (Z to upper right); in exergue, THS (traces)

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Photograph

Photograph