KC040 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantius Gallus from Thessalonica) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Not after (date)

354

Not before (date)

351

Comment

Undersized flan for type. Mintmark irregular or blundered?

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Coin

Typological identification

Half-centenionalis

Comparanda

RIC VIII Thessalonica 190, p. 419

Contributor Notes

2024 (October): JLR refined Weir2022.

Preservation description

Wear: VG/F. Slight, extensive pitting; extensive nicking around edge.

Published as

Weir2022, pp. 1132-1133, no. 821, fig. 23.9

Axis (1-12)

12

Numismatic Authority

Constantius Gallus (Caesar, 351-354)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

13.0

Numismatic Mint

Thessalonica

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.05

Obverse Description

Bare-headed and draped bust to right; within border

Obverse Inscription

D N CONSTAN[TI–VS NOB CAES]

Reverse Description

Virtus to left, shield on left arm, spearing falling horseman who raises an arm backwards in supplication; within border (traces)

Reverse Inscription

[FEL TEMP] – REPARATIO; in exergue, [S]MṬS

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Photograph

Photograph