Co 963 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Heraclea) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

406

Not before (date)

404

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RIC X Arcadius 123-125, p. 250

Comparanda

LRBC II.1998, p. 85

Preservation comment

Wear: VF. Roughly 30% snapped off from obverse left, leaving chipped to almost ragged edge. Extensive, minute pitting and rare cracking; specks of white and pale green bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 51, no. 603 (R. Hohlfelder)

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Arcadius (eastern emperor, 383-408)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

11.0

Numismatic Mint

Heraclea (Thrace)

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.67

Obverse Description

Diademed [and draped] bust of emperor to right; within dotted border

Obverse Inscription

[ ]–VS P F AVG

Reverse Description

Latin cross potent within dotted border

Reverse Inscription

[CONCORD]IA AVGG; in exergue, [S]MHA

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Christian Cross (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph