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- Co 210 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constans I from Thessalonica) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Is Part Of
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Coin Finds
- Is Part Of
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RIC VIII Thessalonica 106
- Is Part Of
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RIC VIII Thessalonica 106
- Not after (date)
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348
- Not before (date)
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347
- Logical part of
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Area B (Middle Harbor)
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Comparanda
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RIC VIII Thessalonica 106, p. 411
- Comparanda
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LRBC I.864, p. 21
- Contributor Notes
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2010 (May-June): R. Weir studied and identified, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
- Preservation description
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Wear: F. Broken flan; ca. 30% of lower coin missing. Minor nicking and cracking; moderate flaking on faces.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 57, no. 753 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
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12
- Has denomination
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AE3
- Numismatic Authority
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Constans I (Caesar, 333-337; Augustus, 337-350)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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15.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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0.74
- Obverse Description
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Pearl-diademed, draped, and [cuirassed] bust of emperor to right; within thin dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
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[CON]ṢTANṢ - P F A[VG]
- Reverse Description
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Two Victoriae holding wreaths standing facing each other; in between, palm branch (traces); within thin dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
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[VI]C̣TỌ[RIAE] ḌḌ AV[GG Q NN] ; mintmark (e.g., SMTSΓ) does not survive
- 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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Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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