- Co 741 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constans I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 348
- Not before (date)
- 347
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC VIII Constantinople 74, p. 453
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Extensive marginal chipping; extensive, minute pitting and sparse scratching. Faint incipient pale green bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 45, no. 482 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Theodosius I or Valentinian II, A.D. 383, Uncertain, AE4“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 11
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Constans I (Caesar, 333-337; Augustus, 337-350)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 15.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.89
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed and draped bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- [DN CONSTA]–NS P F AVG
- Reverse Description
- Inscription in four lines within thick wreath adorned above with jewel and tied below in X with trailing ribbons; within outer dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- VOT | XX | MVLT | XXX ; in exergue, CONSΑ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 741 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constans I 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/co0741>
