Co 1124 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constans I from Antioch) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

348

Not before (date)

347

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RIC VIII Antioch 116, p. 521, pl. 27

Comparanda

LRBC II.1399, p. 73

Preservation comment

Wear: aVF/G. Moderate marginal chipping; extensive, slight pitting and minor scratching. Extensive, thin film of white to pale blue bronze disease.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 61, no. 930 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Constans I (Caesar, 333-337; Augustus, 337-350)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

13.0

Numismatic Mint

Antioch on the Orontes

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.24

Obverse Description

Pearl-diademed head of emperor to right; within dotted border

Obverse Inscription

D N [CONSTA]-NS P F AV[G]

Reverse Description

Inscription in four lines within wreath adorned with jewel above (traces) and tied flat below with trailing ribbons

Reverse Inscription

VOT | XV | MVLT | X[X] ; in exergue, S[M]ANA

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph