Co 786 (Late Roman bronze coin) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Comment
JLR 2024: CHECK COIN AND GET PIX
Comment
R. Weir (May 2017): “Unusually thick and heavy flan for such a coin, but the wreath is clearly of late Roman iconography ... [Coin dated] late 4th-5th c. AD.“
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Preservation comment
Wear: P.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 16, no. 80 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenic and Hellenistic ... (Megara?)“).
Axis (1-12)
9
Has denomination
AE4
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
14.0
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.43
Obverse Description
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right (traces)
Reverse Description
Inscription in two lines within wreath
Reverse Inscription
VOT | [ ]
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Suggested citation
“Co 786 (Late Roman bronze coin).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0786>