Co 982 (Late Roman bronze coin of Galla Placidia from Rome) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

LRBC II, 852/854, p. 63 (reverse type 5)

Comparanda

RIC X, Valentinian III 2111-2114/2116-2117, p. 376

Preservation comment

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 Weight (mm)

12.0

Numismatic Mint

Rome

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.24

Obverse Description

Bare-headed and draped bust of empress to right

Obverse Inscription

[D] N GAL[LA PLACIDIA P F AVG]

Reverse Description

Cross

Reverse Inscription

SAL[VS REI-PVBLICAE]; in exergue, RM

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Photograph

Photograph