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- Co 1272 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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350
- Not before (date)
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348
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Cited by
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Hohlfelder1976a, p. 226
- Comparanda
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RIC VIII Thessalonica 119, p. 412
- Comparanda
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LRBC II.1641, p. 77
- Description
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Flan slightly undersized for type.
- Preservation comment
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Wear: VG/G. Slight, large chips along edge; extensive, moderate pitting to gouging. Scattered areas of white bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 43, no. 449 (R. Holhfelder identified as “Gratian, Valens or Valentinian I, A.D. 364-378, Constantinople“)
- Axis (1-12)
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12
- Has denomination
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AE3
- Numismatic Authority
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Constantius II (Caesar, 324-337; Augustus, 337-361)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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15.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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1.34
- Obverse Description
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Pearl-diademed, draped, [and cuirassed] bust to right
- Obverse Inscription
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D N CONSTA[N–TI]VS P F AVG
- Reverse Description
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Emperor standing to left on galley, holding phoenix on globe in right hand and labarum in left hand, while Victoria steers the ship
- Reverse Inscription
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FEL T[EMP – REPARATIO]; in exergue, TESA
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Maritime Activities
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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