- Co 722 (Late Roman bronze coin of Gratian from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 383
- Not before (date)
- 378
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Thessalonica 32, pp. 172 (mintmark xxxviii right), 179
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG/P. Roughly 25% of coin snapped off, leaving rounded to irregular edge; extensive, dense, slight to moderate pitting.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 59, no. 842 (R. Hohlfelder (p. 59) identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 9
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Gratian (western emperor, 367-383)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.77
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N G]RA[TIANVS P F AV]G
- Reverse Description
- Victoria striding to left, holding palm branch in left hand and wreath in outstretched right hand
- Reverse Inscription
- [SECVRITAS REI-PVBLIC]AE; to left and right of figure, ✶ | V - A; in exergue, TⲈS
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 722 (Late Roman bronze coin of Gratian from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0722>
