Co 1076 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
348
Not before (date)
347
Comment
Undersized (or weathered?) flan for type.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
RIC VIII Constantinople 69, p. 453
Preservation comment
Wear: aG. Chipping and nicking all around margin; extensive, moderate pitting.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 60, no. 917 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
AE4
Numismatic Authority
Constantius II (Caesar, 324-337; Augustus, 337-361)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
11.0
Numismatic Mint
Constantinople
Numismatic Weight (g)
0.96
Obverse Description
Diademed head of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription
[D] N CONSTAN-[TIVS P] F AV[G]
Reverse Description
Inscription in four lines within wreath tied flat below
Reverse Inscription
V[OT] | X[X] | MV[LT] | XXX; in exergue, CONSA
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph