Co 596 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Thessalonica) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
388
Not before (date)
384
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
RIC IX Thessalonica 63b, p. 187, pl. X:19
Comparanda
LRBC II.1870-1872, p. 82
Contributor Notes
2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2023: JLR revised identification.
Preservation description
Wear: VG/G. Roughly 15% snapped off from obverse axis 7-8; long, deep cracking; extensive, minute pitting. Incipient spots of light blue bronze corrosion.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 47, no. 504 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Arcadius, Theodosius I or Valentinian II, A.D. 383-392, Thessalonica, AE4“)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
AE4
Numismatic Authority
Theodosius I (378-395)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
12.0
Numismatic Mint
Thessalonica
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.2
Obverse Description
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription
[D N] ṬḤ[EODO-SIVS P F] AVG
Reverse Description
Two Victoriae facing one another, holding up one wreath; in between, • ; within dotted border
Reverse Inscription
ṾỊC̣ṬỌṚ[-IA AVG]; in exergue, TESẠ
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph