Co 722 (Late Roman bronze coin of Gratian from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph