- Co 1195 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 393
- Not before (date)
- 388
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Thessalonica 65c, p. 188, pl. X:20
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F+. Slightly nicked edge; somewhat extensive, slight pitting and rare scratching and marginal cracking. Incipient light blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 48, no. 549 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Arcadius, Honorius, Theodosius I or Valentinian II, A.D. 383-395, Uncertain, AE4“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Arcadius (eastern emperor, 383-408)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.96
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N ARCADI]VS P F AVG
- Reverse Description
- Victoria dragging captive to left and carrying trophy over far shoulder; to left, staurogram
- Reverse Inscription
- [S]ALVS REI – [PVBLICAE]; in exergue, TES[.]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1195 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1195>
