Co 679 (Late Roman bronze coin of Arcadius from Constantinople) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
406
Not before (date)
404
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
RIC X Arcadius 106, p. 249
Comparanda
LRBC I.2207, p. 90
Contributor Notes
2012 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2023: JLR clarified identification.
Preservation description
Wear: F. Extensively chipped edge, obverse lower left snapped off; minute pitting and extensive, slight scraping and scratching. Patches of thin, white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 51, no. 605 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Arcadius, Honorius or Theodosius II, A.D. 402-408, ... Uncertain, AE4“)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
AE4
Numismatic Authority
Arcadius (eastern emperor, 383-408)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
12.0
Numismatic Mint
Constantinople
Numismatic Weight (g)
0.72
Obverse Description
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription
[D N AR]C̣AD[I-VS] P̣ F̣ [AVG]
Reverse Description
Thin cross potent
Reverse Inscription
CONCORḌIA [A]ṾG̣; in exergue, C̣ỌṆSẠ
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph