Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 443 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius or Honorius from Constantinople)

: Co 443 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius or Honorius from Constantinople) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 401
Not before (date): 395
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RIC X Arcadius 60/61, p. 246
Contributor Notes: 2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2023: JLR enhanced description.
Preservation description: Wear: G. Roughly 15% snapped off from obverse upper and right; sparse, slight flaking and pitting. Two patches of white bronze disease, one of each face.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 49, no. 562 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 11
Has denomination: AE3
Numismatic Authority: Arcadius (eastern emperor, 383-408)
Numismatic Authority: Honorius (western emperor, 395-423)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 13.0
Numismatic Mint: Constantinople
Numismatic Weight (g): 1.49
Obverse Description: Pearl-diademed, draped, and [cuirassed] bust of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription: [D N - V]Ṣ [P]P ẠṾG̣
Reverse Description: On left emperor standing left but looking back, holding [labarum] in right hand and grounded shield in left hand; on right Victoria alights, crowning emperor with outstretched right hand and holding palm branch with left hand
Reverse Inscription: [VIRTVS E]X̣ẸṚ[CITI] ; in exergue, C̣ỌṆ[S.] (traces)
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph