- Co 559 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Nicomedia) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 383
- Not before (date)
- 378
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Nicomedia 37c, p. 196
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG/P. Moderate pitting; slight, scattered patches of bronze disease. Coin is raggedly snapped, removing ca. 60% of original flan.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 58, no. 816 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 1
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Arcadius (eastern emperor, 383-408)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Nicomedia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.31
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- D [N P F] AVG
- Reverse Description
- Inscription in two lines within thick wreath tied flat in X below
- Reverse Inscription
- [V]OT | V ; in exergue, [S]MNA
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 559 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius 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/co0559>
