- Co 2040 (Late Roman bronze coin of Gratian from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more 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 Thessalonica 43, p. 182
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG. Deep marginal crack at obverse axis 8; extensive, slight pitting and fissuring.
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Gratian (western emperor, 367-383)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.01
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N G]RA[TIA-NVS P F A]V[G]
- Reverse Description
- Inscription in four lines within bushy wreath adorned with jewel above and tied flat below with coiled cord and hanging-spreading ribbons; within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- V[OT | XV | MVL]T | XX within wreath; in exergue, TES
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 2040 (Late Roman bronze coin of Gratian 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/co2040>
