- Co 556 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantine II Caesar from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 335
- Not before (date)
- 330
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC VII Constantinople 60/74, pp. 579, 581
- Comparanda
- LRBC I.1006/1011, p. 24
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F+. Extensively nicked edge; extensive, moderate pitting and sparse fissuring.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 38, no. 372 (R. Hohlfelder, exergue “illegible“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 10
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Constantine II (Caesar, 317-337; Augustus, 337-340)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 19.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.89
- Obverse Description
- Laureate and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
- Reverse Description
- Two soldiers standing flanking two military standards; within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS; in exergue, CON[SA] or CON[SA •]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 556 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantine II Caesar 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/co0556>
