Co 1214 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer 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
Reverse Photograph