- Co 1013 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantine I(?) from Nicomedia) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 324
- Not before (date)
- 313
- Comment
- JLR: Portrait style fits Constantine I, but this coin from Nicomedia could depict one of the Caesars during the early 320s: Constantine II, Crispus, or Licinius II.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- e.g., RIC VII Nicomedia 14, p. 601 (dated AD 313-317)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P+. Extensive snapping and chipping along edge, which has reduced the original size by up to 50% or more; extensive, moderate pitting, gouging, and cracking. Incipient white and pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 60, no. 902 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Constantine I (312-337)
- Numismatic Authority
- Constantine II (Caesar, 317-337; Augustus, 337-340)
- Numismatic Authority
- Crispus (Caesar, 317-326)
- Numismatic Authority
- Licinius II (Caesar, 317-324)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 8.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Nicomedia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.32
- Obverse Description
- Head of beardless emperor to right (classic Constantinian style)
- Reverse Description
- Jupiter standing left in counterpoise with chlamys over shoulder, holding scepter in upraised left hand and victoriola in outstretched right hand, with eagle holding wreath in beak on ground to lower left
- Reverse Inscription
- [IOVI CONSER]VA[TORI]; In right field, Ν | Α; mintmark does not survive
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Zeus/Jupiter (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1013 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantine I(?) from Nicomedia).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1013>
