- Co 482 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 393
- Not before (date)
- 388
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Thessalonica 65c, p. 188
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.1875, p. 82
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF. Chipped edge; extensive, slight pitting. Incipient film of pale green bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 48, no. 534, pl. III (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Arcadius, Honorius, Theodosius I or Valentinian II, A.D. 383-395, Uncertain, AE4“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 11
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Arcadius (eastern emperor, 383-408)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.02
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within thin dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- D N ARCADIVS P F [AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Victoria dragging captive to left and carrying trophy on far shoulder; to lower left, staurogram; within thin dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- [SALVS REI P]-VBLICAE; in exergue, TESΓ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 482 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0482>
