- Co 987 (Late Roman bronze coin of Licinius II Caesar from Aquileia) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 321
- Not before (date)
- 320
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC VII Aquileia 72, p. 402
- Description
- Size of coin too small for type by up to 40% due to undersized flan, clipping, snapping and weathering, or some combination of those factors.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P/aG. Nicked and chipped edge, possibly snapped or clipped; one large crack through flan; extensive, moderate pitting and gouging.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 60, no. 885 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 1
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Licinius II (Caesar, 317-324)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Aquileia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.83
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right, seen from behind
- Obverse Inscription
- LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES (traces)
- Reverse Description
- Inscription in three lines within wreath adorned with jewel above and tied below with coiled cord and hanging ribbons; Imperial invocation surrounding above ribbons
- Reverse Inscription
- VOT | • | V; around wreath, [CA]ESA[R]VM NO[STRO]RUM; in exergue, [A]QT
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 987 (Late Roman bronze coin of Licinius II Caesar from Aquileia).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0987>
