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- Co 300 (Late Roman bronze coin of Basiliscus and Marcus from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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476
- Not before (date)
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475
- 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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RICX Basiliscus 1034, p. 305
- Description
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Undersized flan for type.
- Preservation comment
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Wear: G. Obverse right margin broken obliquely from rest of coin and margin moderately chipped all around; extensive, slight to moderate pitting.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 64, no. 1006 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justin I or Justinian, Uncertain, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
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6
- Has denomination
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AE4
- Numismatic Authority
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Basiliscus (eastern emperor, 475-476)
- Numismatic Authority
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Flavius Marcus (coemperor, 475-476)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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8.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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0.55
- Obverse Description
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Diademed, draped, [and cuirassed] bust of emperor to right (thick outline)
- Obverse Inscription
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[D N BASIL ET M]AR P AV[G]
- Reverse Description
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Monogram of Basiliscus and Marcus within wreath
- Reverse Inscription
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In exergue, [Κ]OⲤ
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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