Co 369 (Late Roman bronze coin of Zeno from Antioch) [permalink] [show fewer 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
Photograph