Co 1151 (Late Roman bronze coin of Aelia Flacilla from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
383
Not before (date)
378
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
RIC IX Constantinople 61.1, p. 229
Preservation comment
Wear: VF+/VF. Few, deep chips with contiguous cracks; extensive, minute pitting and rare gouging.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 45, no. 473, pl. II (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
6
Has denomination
AE4
Numismatic Authority
Aelia Flacilla (empress, 379-386)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
14.0
Numismatic Mint
Constantinople
Numismatic Weight (g)
0.88
Obverse Description
Draped bust of empress to right, wearing elaborate pearl headdress, earring, necklace, and mantle; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription
AEL FLA[C]–ILLA AVG
Reverse Description
Victoria seated to right inscribing chi-rho on shield resting on column; within dotted border
Reverse Inscription
[S]ALVS REI – PVBLICAE; in exergue, CONA
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Chi-Rho (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 1151 (Late Roman bronze coin of Aelia Flacilla from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1151>