- Co 455 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 383
- Not before (date)
- 383
- Comment
- Coin dated ca. AD 383
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Constantinople 87b, p. 235
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG/G. Deeply chipped edge with contiguous cracking; extensive, slight pitting and scattered fissuring; dense, thin striations from vigorous mechanical cleaning across relief. Faint, incipient pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 42, no. 443, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Jovian, A.D. 363-364, Uncertain, AE3“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Arcadius (eastern emperor, 383-408)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.62
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within band(?) border
- Obverse Inscription
- D N ARC[ADI-VS P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Inscription in four lines within thick wreath adorned with jewel above and tied below with spreading ribbons
- Reverse Inscription
- VOT | X | MVLT | XX; in exergue, CONS
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 455 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0455>
