Co 1129 (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 115, p. 521

Preservation comment

Wear: aF/G. One wide marginal chip at obverse axis 3; extensive, slight to moderate pitting.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 50, no. 584 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Fourth Century ... Uncertain, AE3”)

Axis (1-12)

11

Has denomination

AE3

Numismatic Authority

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

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

15.0

Numismatic Mint

Antioch on the Orontes

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.47

Obverse Description

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

Obverse Inscription

D N CON[STA]–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

VO[T] | [X]X | MVL[T] | XXX; in exergue, SMAN[.]

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph