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