Co 747 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer 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
Reverse Photograph