Co 559 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Nicomedia) [permalink]

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 description

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

Reverse Photograph