Co 556 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantine II Caesar from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph