Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 820 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Rome)
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Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
408
Not before (date)
404
Comment
JLR: Obverse profile fits best Arcadius.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
RIC X Arcadius 1277, p. 327
Description
Undersized flan for type.
Preservation comment
Wear: G+/P. One large chip with adjacent cracking at obverse axis 4; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and rare scratching.
Published as
KenchreaiIII
, p. 59, no. 867 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
Axis (1-12)
6
Numismatic Authority
Arcadius (eastern emperor, 383-408)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
12.0
Numismatic Mint
Rome
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.87
Obverse Description
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription
[D N ARCAD-I]VS P F AV[G]
Reverse Description
Roma standing facing with head to right, holding victoriola in left hand and trophy(?) or standard in upraised right hand
Reverse Inscription
URBS RO-[MA FELI]X (traces); in left field, OF ; right field does not survive; in exergue, [S]MRO[M]
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Roma (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 820 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Rome).” In
Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0820>