Co 1028 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Aquileia, Thessalonica, or Cyzicus) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

388

Not before (date)

383

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

e.g., RIC IX Thessalonica 48a, p. 184

Preservation comment

Wear: G. Most of margin snapped off and chipped, greatly reducing size and weight of original flan. Minor pitting. Faintly incipient white to pale green bronze disease?

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 60, no. 908 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Theodosius I (378-395)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

8.0

Numismatic Mint

Aquileia

Numismatic Mint

Cyzicus

Numismatic Mint

Thessalonica

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.42

Obverse Inscription

[D N THEO]DO-[SIVS P F AVG]

Reverse Description

Inscription in two lines within thick wreath tied below

Reverse Inscription

VOT | V ; mintmark does not survive

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph