Co 958 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

361

Not before (date)

355

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RIC VIII Constantinople 149, p. 461

Comparanda

LRBC II.2053, p. 87

Preservation comment

Wear: G/VG. Chipped edge; somewhat extensive, minute pitting and scratching. Small areas of thin, light green bronze corrosion.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 42, no. 437 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Constantius II or Julian, A.D. 355-364, Uncertain, AE3 or AE4“)

Axis (1-12)

12

Has denomination

AE3

Numismatic Authority

Constantius II (Caesar, 324-337; Augustus, 337-361)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

16.0

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

2.24

Obverse Description

Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border

Obverse Inscription

D N CONSTAN-[TIVS P F AVG]

Reverse Description

Emperor standing to left holding globe in right hand and spear in his left hand

Reverse Inscription

[SPES REI] – PVBLICE; in exergue, CONS[.]

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph