- Co 369 (Late Roman bronze coin of Zeno from Antioch) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 491
- Not before (date)
- 476
- Comment
- JLR: Zeno‘s monogram 5 appears on issues from Constantinople and Antioch, but the style of the portrait and shape of the monogram in Co 369 most closely resembles the Antiochene products; see e.g. RIC X, pl. 33.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- Co 376
- Comparanda
- RIC X, Zeno (second reign) 969, p. 315 (monogram 5)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G/VG. Slightly snapped off obsverse upper margin rounded with use? slight to moderate, dense pitting and surface cracking has created irregular undulations; infrequent, thin, pale blue patches of bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 73, no. 1122 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Indeterminate Monogram, Sixth Century, Nummus“)
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Zeno (474-491)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 9.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.85
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and [cuirassed] bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N Z]EN[O }
- Reverse Description
- Monogram within thick wreath (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- Monogram of emperor: Z to upper left, Ⲱ to lower left, and large E to right with O at top left; mintmark does not survive
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“Co 369 (Late Roman bronze coin of Zeno from Antioch).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0369>
