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- 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)
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348
- Not before (date)
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347
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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RIC VIII Constantinople 71, p. 25
- Comparanda
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LRBC I.1068, p. 31
- Preservation comment
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Wear: EF. Slightly nicked edge; sparse, minute pitting and rare scratching. Small, rough patch of white corrosion or encrustation(?) on reverse right.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 39, no. 394 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “House of Constantine, A.D. 341-346, Uncertain“)
- Axis (1-12)
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12
- Has denomination
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AE3
- Numismatic Authority
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Constans I (Caesar, 333-337; Augustus, 337-350)
- Numismatic Authority
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Constantius II (Caesar, 324-337; Augustus, 337-361)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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13.5
- Numismatic Mint
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Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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1.23
- Obverse Description
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Veiled head of the deified Constantine to right
- Obverse Inscription
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[D V C]ONSTANTI-NVS P [T AV]GG
- Reverse Description
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Veiled figure of emperor standing to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
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To left and right, VN – MR; in right field, ○ or • ; in exergue, CONSA
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Constantine I (312-337)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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