Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1070 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine from Constantinople, pierced for suspension)

: Co 1070 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine from Constantinople, pierced for suspension) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 340
Not before (date): 337
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RIC VII Constantinople 37, p. 449
Comparanda: LRBC I.1041, p. 25
Description: Pierced for suspension. Choice of this particular issue: talismanic? Note that precisely the location of the hand of God is worn away or picked off.
Preservation comment: Wear: aF. Slightly chipped edge with sparse marginal flaking; extensive, slight pitting and scratching.
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 Authority: Constans I (Caesar, 333-337; Augustus, 337-350)
Numismatic Authority: Constantius II (Caesar, 324-337; Augustus, 337-361)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 14.0
Numismatic Mint: Constantinople
Numismatic Weight (g): 0.8
Obverse Description: Veiled and draped bust of the 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)
Has visual motif (depicts): Constantine I (312-337)
Has visual motif (depicts): Deity (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph