- Co 461 (Late Roman bronze coin of Honorius from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 408
- Not before (date)
- 406
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC X Arcadius 143, p. 251
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2215, p. 90
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG. Two chips from edge, with cracking; slight pitting, especially on reverse. Large patches of pale pink to brownish encrustation or corrosion on obverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 58, no. 798 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Honorius (western emperor, 393-423)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.95
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; behind, ✶ (traces); within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- D N HO[NOR-RIV]S P F AVG
- Reverse Description
- Three emperors (Arcadius, Honorius, and Theodosius II) standing facing with shields and spears, the central one shorter than the other two
- Reverse Inscription
- [GLORIA ROMANORVM] (traces); in exergue, [CON]S[.]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 461 (Late Roman bronze coin of Honorius 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/co0461>
