- Co 959 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 392
- Not before (date)
- 388
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Nicomedia 45c, p. 262
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF+. Slight, sparse pitting. Small areas of thin, incipient pale green bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 48, no. 543 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Arcadius (eastern emperor, 383-408)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.83
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- D N ARCADIVS P F AVG
- Reverse Description
- Victoria dragging captive to right and carrying trophy on far shoulder; to left, staurogram; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- [S]ALVS REI – [PVBLICAE]; in exergue, SMNΓ’
- 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 959 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0959>
