Co 975 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II from Nicomedia) [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 Nicomedia 112, p. 482

Comparanda

LRBC II.2315, p. 92

Preservation comment

Wear: G/G+. Extensive chipping around margin and deep crack at obverse axis 10; slight, frequent pitting; small, irregular patches of white encrustation or bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 59, no. 878 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

AE3

Numismatic Authority

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

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

16.0

Numismatic Mint

Nicomedia

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.47

Obverse Description

Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; within dotted border (traces)

Obverse Inscription

D N CON[STAN-TIVS] P [F] AVG

Reverse Description

Emperor standing to left in military dress, holding spear in left hand and globe in right hand

Reverse Inscription

[S]PES REI – PVBL[ICE]; in exergue SMNA

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph