Co 820 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Rome) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph