Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 499 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Antioch)

: Co 499 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Antioch) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 395
Not before (date): 383
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RIC IX Antioch 67b/70a, pp. 293, 295
Contributor Notes: 2015 (June 26): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2023-2024: JLR identified and described coin.
Description: Slightly undersized flan for this type, struck unevenly.
Preservation description: Wear: P/aG. Sparse, deep chipping; extensive, slight to moderate pitting to cratering and rare scratching.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 58, no. 807 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine)
Axis (1-12): 11
Has denomination: AE4
Numismatic Authority: Theodosius I (378-395)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 9.0
Numismatic Mint: Antioch on the Orontes
Numismatic Weight (g): 0.38
Obverse Description: Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription: D N THEOḌỌ-[SIV]S P [F] ẠV[G]
Reverse Description: Victoria dragging captive to left and carrying trophy on far shoulder; to lower left, staurogram; within thin dotted border
Reverse Inscription: ṢẠḶṾṢ REI - [PVBLICAE] ; in exergue, ẠṆṬ[.]
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
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