Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1028 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Aquileia, Thessalonica, or Cyzicus)

: Co 1028 (Late Roman bronze coin of Theodosius I from Aquileia, Thessalonica, or Cyzicus) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 388
Not before (date): 383
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: e.g., RIC IX Thessalonica 48a, p. 184
Contributor Notes: 2017 (May 29): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2024: JLR identified and described coin.
Preservation description: Wear: G. Most of margin snapped off and chipped, greatly reducing size and weight of original flan. Minor pitting. Faintly incipient white to pale green bronze disease?
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 60, no. 908 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
Has denomination: AE4
Numismatic Authority: Theodosius I (378-395)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 8.0
Numismatic Mint: Aquileia
Numismatic Mint: Cyzicus
Numismatic Mint: Thessalonica
Numismatic Weight (g): 0.42
Obverse Inscription: [D N THEO]ḌỌ-[SIVS P F AVG]
Reverse Description: Inscription in two lines within thick wreath tied below
Reverse Inscription: VOT | V ; mintmark does not survive
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
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