Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 587 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius II from Constantinople or Nicomedia)
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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
Preservation comment
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)