Co 629 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

361

Not before (date)

355

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RIC VIII, Constantinople 149, p. 461

Preservation comment

Wear: G+. Roughly one half snapped off from obverse left; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and fissuring.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 58, no. 834 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)

Axis (1-12)

8

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Constantius II (Caesar, 324-337; Augustus, 337-361)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

13.0

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.59

Obverse Description

Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right

Obverse Inscription

[D N CONSTANT]-IVS P F AVG

Reverse Description

Virtus helmeted standing to right, holding spear and globe

Reverse Inscription

[SPES REI-PVB]LICE; in exergue, [CO]NSA

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph