- Co 635 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constans I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 346
- Not before (date)
- 341
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC VIII Constantinople 70, p. 453
- Comparanda
- LRBC I.1065, p. 25
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG/F. Extensively broken and cracked edge to a ragged state; pitting, slight fissuring, and patches of differential wear. Faintly incipient bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 50, no. 575 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Roman … Uncertain, AE3”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Constans I (Caesar, 333-337; Augustus, 337-350)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 17.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.2
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N C]O[NSTA]NS P F A[V]G
- Reverse Description
- Inscription in four lines within thick wreath adorned with jewel above [and tied below]
- Reverse Description
- VOT | XX | MVL[T] | XXX ; in exergue, CON[S·]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 635 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constans I from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0635>
