- Co 1139 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantine II Caesar from Siscia) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 337
- Not before (date)
- 337
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC VII Siscia 262, p. 460
- Comparanda
- LRBC I.760, p. 19
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG/F. Roughly 40% of coin snapped off from obverse lower left and remainder chipped, to a ragged state; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and concentrated severe cratering to perforation. Thin patch of light green bronze disease on reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 38, no. 379 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “House of Constantine, A.D. 335-341, Uncertain“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Constantine II (Caesar, 317-337; Augustus, 337-340)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 15.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Siscia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.54
- Obverse Description
- Laureate and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- [CONST]ANTINV[S IVN NOB C]
- Reverse Description
- Two soldiers standing, each with spear and shield; between them, one standard
- Reverse Inscription
- [GLO-RIA EXERC-I]TVS; in exergue, [AS]IS ✶
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1139 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantine II Caesar from Siscia).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1139>
