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- Co 1070 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II and Constans for the deified Constantine from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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340
- Not before (date)
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337
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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RIC VII Constantinople 37, p. 449
- Comparanda
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LRBC I.1041, p. 25
- Description
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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
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Wear: aF. Slightly chipped edge with sparse marginal flaking; extensive, slight pitting and scratching.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 38, no. 383 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “House of Constantine, A.D. 337-41, Uncertain“)
- Axis (1-12)
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12
- Has denomination
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AE4
- Numismatic Authority
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Constans I (Caesar, 333-337; Augustus, 337-350)
- Numismatic Authority
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Constantius II (Caesar, 324-337; Augustus, 337-361)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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14.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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0.8
- Obverse Description
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Veiled and draped bust of the deified emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
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DV CONSTAN[TI]-NVS PT AVGG
- Reverse Description
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Emperor in flying quadriga to right being received into heaven by hand of God
- Reverse Inscription
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In exergue, CON[S]
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Constantine I (312-337)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Deity (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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