Co 554 (Late Roman bronze coin) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Comment

RW 2014: Gratian, Valentinian II, or Theodosius I ca 378–383 AD, flan and surviving traces are more late 4th c. AD than ca 425–450 AD (i.e. the VOT/ X / MVLT / XX issues of Theodosius II); JLR COIN CHECK AND GET PIX

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Contributor Notes

2014 (June 2): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: P, pitted

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 58, no. 814 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

12.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.73

Obverse Description

Bust of emperor to right (traces)

Reverse Description

Inscription in multiple lines within thick wreath that ties below (traces)

Reverse Inscription

ṾỌṬ | [ ] ; mintmark not legible

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)