KC092 (Late Roman bronze coin of Honorius and Theodosius II from Constantinople) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

423

Not before (date)

403

Comment

Weir2022: “The original coin might have been cut down to make a ring bezel because the figures on both sides are curiously centered on this undersized and oval flan that excises all legends.“

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

RIC X Theodosius II (east) 399

Conservation

2009 (July): Cleaned mechanically (Phyllis Graham).

Preservation description

Wear: F+. Sparse pitting and gouging across both surfaces; infrequent nicking and cracking around edge; faint, incipient bronze disease in crack.

Published as

Weir2022, pp. 1137-1138, no. 838, fig. 23.12

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Honorius (western emperor, 395-423)

Numismatic Authority

Theodosius II (eastern emperor, 408-450)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

14.0

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.46

Obverse Description

Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right

Obverse Inscription

Inscription off flan

Reverse Description

Two emperors in armor holding spears and globe between them

Reverse Inscription

[GLORIA ROMANORUM] (traces); in exergue, CONS[Α]

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Diademed, [draped, and cuirassed] bust of emperor to right

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph