Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 635 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constans I from Constantinople)

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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)
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