Co 982 (Late Roman bronze coin of Galla Placidia from Rome) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
435
Not before (date)
425
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
RIC X Valentinian III 2113, p. 376
Comparanda
LRBC II.857, p. 63
Contributor Notes
2014 (June 11): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Preservation description
Wear: G. Deeply chipped edge with adjacent cracking; extensive, minute pitting and slight fissuring. Faint areas of incipient pale green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 51, no. 606 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Arcadius, Honorius, or Theodosius II, A.D. 402-408, Heraclea and Uncertain, AE4”)
Axis (1-12)
9
Has denomination
AE4
Numismatic Authority
Galla Placidia (western regent, 425-450)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
12.0
Numismatic Mint
Rome
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.24
Obverse Description
Pearl-diademed and draped bust of empress to right, wearing earrings and necklace
Obverse Inscription
[D] Ṇ G̣ẠḶ[LA PLACIDIA P F AVG]
Reverse Description
Cross
Reverse Inscription
ṢẠḶ[VS REI-PVBLICAE] ; left and right fields empty; in exergue, ṚP̣Ṃ
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph