- Co 1214 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 388
- Not before (date)
- 383
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Thessalonica 61a, p. 186
- Label or tag text
- same hoard as A 1887
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G. Roughly 25% snapped off from obverse bottom left; extensive, slight pitting and sparse fissuring to cracking. Faint incipient pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 61, no. 958 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 4
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Theodosius I (378-395)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 14.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.29
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N] THEODO-[SIVS P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Emperor standing to left on ship, holding phoenix on globe with right hand and standard with left hand, stepping on captive in prow, with Victoria in stern
- Reverse Inscription
- [VIR]TVS - A[VGGG]; to left, A (traces); in exergue, TES
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Maritime Activities
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1214 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I 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/co1214>
