Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 593 (Late Roman bronze coin of Zeno from Thessalonica or NIcomedia)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 491
Not before (date): 474
Comment: JLR 2024: CHECK COIN AND GET PIX
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RIC X Zeno (second reign) 958/964, p. 314 (Monogram 1)
Preservation comment: Wear: P/VG.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 54, no. 647 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Leo I, A.D. 457-474, Uncertain”)
Axis (1-12): 5
Has denomination: AE4
Numismatic Authority: Zeno (474-491)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 10.0
Numismatic Mint: Nicomedia
Numismatic Mint: Thessalonica
Numismatic Weight (g): 0.64
Obverse Description: Diademed, draped[, and cuirassed] bust of emperor to right (traces)
Reverse Inscription: Monogram of emperor within wreath; in exergue, mintmark THS OR NIC, prob THS
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Suggested citation: “Co 593 (Late Roman bronze coin of Zeno from Thessalonica or NIcomedia).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0593>