- Co 1070 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine from Constantinople, pierced for suspension) [permalink] [show more links]
- 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
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1070 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine from Constantinople, pierced for suspension).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1070>
