- Co 810 (Late Roman bronze coin of Honorius from Arles pierced for use as bead) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 395
- Not before (date)
- 395
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC X Honorius 1307, p. 330, pl. 39
- Description
- RW: Flan is broken down into oval and pierced in middle with large hole. Sometimes this is an artifact of the manufacturing process that is not uncommon for 5th-century nummi. However, this hole is larger than most and, upon examination, has ridging consistent with someone deliberately cutting through a hole from both sides: the holed coin may have been strung as a bead.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P. Chipped margin has reduced diameter; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and sparse gouging.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 59, no. 862 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 1
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Honorius (western emperor, 395-423)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 9.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Arles
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.51
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N HO]N[O]RI[VS ]
- Reverse Description
- Victoria striding left, holding [plan branch in left hand] and wreath in outstretched right hand (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- Traces of letters to left; in exergue, PCON
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 810 (Late Roman bronze coin of Honorius from Arles pierced for use as bead).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0810>
