- Co 563 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Antioch) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 395
- Not before (date)
- 392
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Antioch 70b, p. 295
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2773, p. 102
- Description
- Unusually thick flan.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF. Extensivly chipped rim with contiguous marginal cracking; extensive, slight pitting with very rare scratching. Speckling of white corrosion or encrustation(?) on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 46, no. 498 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Theodosius I, A.D. 383-392, Cyzicus, AE4“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Theodosius I (378-395)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.03
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- D N THEODO–[SIV]S P F AVG
- Reverse Description
- Victoria dragging captive to left and carrying trophy over far shoulder; to left, staurogram (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- [SAL]VS REI – PVBLICAE; in exergue, [A]NTΓ[’]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 563 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Antioch).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0563>
