- Co 744 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Nicomedia) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 395
- Not before (date)
- 392
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Nicomedia 48b, p. 263
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2193, p. 89
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG/VG. Slightly chipped edge; sparse, minute pitting; extensive areas of delaminating flakes on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 47, no. 509 (R. Hohldfelder identified as “Arcadius, Honorius, Theodosius I or Valentinian II, A.D. 383-395, Uncertain, AE4“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Arcadius (eastern emperor, 383-408)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Nicomedia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.89
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed and draped bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N] ARC[ADI-VS P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Victoria dragging captive to left and carrying trophy on far shoulder; to left, staurogram (traces); within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- [SALVS] REI – [PVBLICAE]; in exergue, SMN[ ]
- 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 744 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Nicomedia).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0744>
