Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 747 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine from Constantinople)

: Co 747 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine from Constantinople) [permalink]
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
Contributor Notes: 2012 (late May-early June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Preservation description: 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]ỌṆṢṬẠṆṬỊ-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, C̣ỌṆṢẠ
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Constantine I (312-337)
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