Co 1151 (Late Roman bronze coin of Aelia Flacilla from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer 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