Co 336 (Late Roman bronze coin of Zeno from Constantinople or Antioch) [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 962/969, pp. 314, 315 (monogram 5)

Preservation comment

Wear: P/aVF. Slightly chipped edge; extensive marginal and circumferential cracking; somewhat extensive, slight pitting to gouging. Wide, thin patches of light blue bronze corrosion on both faces.

Published as

Hohlfelder1973, pp. 92-93, no. 11, pl. 18

Published as

KenchreaiIII, pp. 54, 88, no. 650, pl. IV (R. Hohlfelder)

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Zeno (474-491)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

9.5

Numismatic Mint

Antioch on the Orontes

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.8

Obverse Description

Diademed and draped bust of emperor to right

Obverse Inscription

[D N ZENO P?] F AVG

Reverse Inscription

Monogram of emperor (retrograde Z); within wreath

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph