Co 347 (Late Roman bronze coin of Zeno from Constantinople or Antioch) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

491

Not before (date)

474

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

e.g., RIC X Zeno (second reign) 962/969, pp. 314, 315 (monogram 5; mints of Constantinople and Antioch)

Preservation comment

Wear: G/VG. Slight nicked and cracked edge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting

Published as

Hohlfelder1973, p. 92, no. 10

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 54, no. 649 (R. Hohlfelder)

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Zeno (474-491)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

9.0

Numismatic Mint

Antioch on the Orontes

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.64

Obverse Description

Diademed and draped bust to right within dotted border

Obverse Inscription

Traces of letters to right

Reverse Description

Monogram of emperor (but large S at upper right?); within wreath

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph