Co 1010 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Cyzicus) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

383

Not before (date)

378

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RIC IX Cyzicus 22c, p. 24

Preservation comment

Wear: G. Large segment of margin at obverse right snapped off; minor pitting; faintly incipient pale green bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 60, no. 1010 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)

Axis (1-12)

10

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Theodosius I (378-395)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

10.0

Numismatic Mint

Cyzicus

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.84

Obverse Description

Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right

Obverse Inscription

D N THEOD[OS-IVS P F] AVG

Reverse Description

Inscription in four lines within thick wreath tied flat below in X with trailing ribbons

Reverse Inscription

VOT | XX | [M]VLT | XX[X]; in exergue, [S]MKB

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph