- Co 820 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Rome) [permalink] [show more links]
- 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)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“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>
