- Co 666 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine from Lugdunum) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 340
- Not before (date)
- 337
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC VIII Lyons 3, p. 178
- Comparanda
- LRBC I.238a, p. 8
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG/G. Edges nicked; slight pitting; incipient pale green bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIIII, p. 59, no. 839 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Constans I (Caesar, 333-337; Augustus, 337-350)
- Numismatic Authority
- Constantius II (Caesar, 324-337; Augustus, 337-361)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 15.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Lugdunum
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.66
- Obverse Description
- Laureate and veiled head of deified emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- D[I]VO [CONS-TANTINO P]
- Reverse Description
- Deified Constantine standing to left, holding spear in left hand and globe in extended right hand; to lower left, staurogram
- Reverse Inscription
- AE[T]ER[NA PIETAS]; in exergue, PLG
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Constantine I (312-337)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 666 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine from Lugdunum).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0666>
