Co 336 (Late Roman bronze coin of Zeno from Constantinople or Antioch) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
491
Not before (date)
476
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
RIC X, Zeno 962/969, pp. 314, 315 (monogram 5)
Contributor Notes
2015 (June 22): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2023: JLR revised identification and description.
Preservation description
Wear: P/aVF. Slightly chipped edge; extensive marginal and circumferential cracking; somewhat extensive, slight pitting to gouging. Wide, thin patches of light blue bronze corrosion on both faces.
Published as
Hohlfelder1973, pp. 92-93, no. 11, pl. 18
Published as
KenchreaiIII, pp. 54, 88, no. 650, pl. IV (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
6
Has denomination
AE4
Numismatic Authority
Zeno (474-491)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
9.5
Numismatic Mint
Antioch on the Orontes
Numismatic Mint
Constantinople
Numismatic Weight (g)
0.8
Obverse Description
Diademed and draped bust of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription
[D N ZENO P?] F AVG
Reverse Inscription
Monogram of emperor (retrograde Z); within wreath
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph