Co 587 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius II from Constantinople or Nicomedia) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

450

Not before (date)

445

Comment

JLR 2024: CHECK COIN AND GET PIX

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RIC X Theodosius II 462-465, p. 277

Contributor Notes

2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: aG.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 74, no. 1155 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “’Vandalic’ Coinage, Uncertain, Nummus”)

Axis (1-12)

9

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Theodosius II (eastern emperor, 408-450)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

8.0

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Mint

Nicomedia

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.41

Obverse Description

Diademed, [draped, and cuirassed] bust of emperor to right

Obverse Inscription

Ḍ Ṇ ṬḤ[EODOSIVS PF AVG]

Reverse Description

Monogram of emperor [within wreath]

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)