- Co 747 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine 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 71, p. 25
- Comparanda
- LRBC I.1068, p. 31
- Preservation comment
- Wear: EF. Slightly nicked edge; sparse, minute pitting and rare scratching. Small, rough patch of white corrosion or encrustation(?) on reverse right.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 39, no. 394 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “House of Constantine, A.D. 341-346, Uncertain“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Constans I (Caesar, 333-337; Augustus, 337-350)
- Numismatic Authority
- Constantius II (Caesar, 324-337; Augustus, 337-361)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.23
- Obverse Description
- Veiled head of the deified Constantine to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D V C]ONSTANTI-NVS P [T AV]GG
- Reverse Description
- Veiled figure of emperor standing to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- To left and right, VN – MR; in right field, ○ or • ; in exergue, CONSA
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Constantine I (312-337)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 747 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine 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/co0747>
