Co 1128 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constans I from Constantinople) [permalink]

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 Constantinople 70, p. 453

Comparanda

LRBC I.1065, p. 25

Preservation comment

Wear: aVF/F. Frequent, moderate, marginal chipping; extensive, slight to moderate pitting with rare scratching. Incipient, faint green bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 43, no. 381 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Gratian, Theodosius I or Valentinian II, A.D. 383”)

Axis (1-12)

12

Has denomination

AE3

Numismatic Authority

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

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

15.0

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.91

Obverse Description

Rosette(?)-diademed head of emperor to right

Obverse Inscription

D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG

Reverse Description

Inscription in four lines within wreath adorned with jewel above and tied flat below with trailing ribbons; within dotted border

Reverse Inscription

VOT | XX | MVLT | XXX ; in exergue, CONS[.]

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph