Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 543 (Late Roman follis of Maximinus Daza from Nicomedia)
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Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
313
Not before (date)
313
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
RIC VI Nicomedia 79, p. 568
Description
Traces of silvering survive on the recessed fields of face.
Preservation comment
Wear: aEF. Sparse, slight nicking around edge.
Published as
KenchreaiIII
, p. 35, no. 353, pl. II (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Follis
Numismatic Authority
Maximinus II Daza (Caesar, 305-310; Augustus, 310-312)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
22.0
Numismatic Mint
Nicomedia
Numismatic Weight (g)
3.18
Obverse Description
Laureate head of emperor to right; within thin dotted border
Obverse Inscription
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS PF AVG
Reverse Description
Jupiter standing to left holding victoriola in right hand, scepter in left; within thin dotted border
Reverse Inscription
IOVI CONS-ERVATORI; in left and right fields, ✶ - Δ; in exergue, SMN
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Zeus/Jupiter (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 543 (Late Roman follis of Maximinus Daza from Nicomedia).” In
Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0543>