- Co 679 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 406
- Not before (date)
- 404
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC X Arcadius 106, p. 249
- Comparanda
- LRBC I.2207, p. 90
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Extensively chipped edge, obverse lower left snapped off; minute pitting and extensive, slight scraping and scratching. Patches of thin, white bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 51, no. 605 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Arcadius, Honorius or Theodosius II, A.D. 402-408, ... Uncertain, AE4“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Arcadius (eastern emperor, 383-408)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.72
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N AR]CAD[I-VS] P F [AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Thin cross potent
- Reverse Inscription
- CONCORDIA [A]VG; in exergue, CONSA
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 679 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius 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/co0679>
