- Co 1070 (Late Roman bronze coin of deified Constantine from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- LRBC I, 1041, p. 25
- Comparanda
- RIC VII, Constantinople 37, p. 449
- Description
- Pierced for suspension. Choice of this particular issue: talismanic significance?
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 38, no. 383 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “House of Constantine, A.D. 337-41, Uncertain“)
- Axis (1-12
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Diameter (mm.)
- 14.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (grs.)
- 0.8
- Obverse Description
- Veiled and draped bust of deified emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- DV CONSTAN[TI]-NVS PT AVGG
- Reverse Description
- Emperor in flying quadriga to right being received into heaven by hand of God
- Reverse Inscription
- In exergue, CON[S]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“Co 1070 (Late Roman bronze coin of deified Constantine from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2022. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1070>
