Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1151 (Late Roman bronze coin of Aelia Flacilla from Constantinople)

: Co 1151 (Late Roman bronze coin of Aelia Flacilla from Constantinople) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 383
Not before (date): 378
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RIC IX Constantinople 61.1, p. 229
Contributor Notes: 2012 (November 23): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2023: JLR revised description.
Preservation description: Wear: VF+/VF. Few, deep chips with contiguous cracks; extensive, minute pitting and rare gouging.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 45, no. 473, pl. II (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: AE4
Numismatic Authority: Aelia Flacilla (empress, 379-386)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 14.0
Numismatic Mint: Constantinople
Numismatic Weight (g): 0.88
Obverse Description: Draped bust of empress to right, wearing elaborate pearl headdress, earring, necklace, and mantle; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription: AEL FLẠ[C]–ỊḶLA AVG
Reverse Description: Victoria seated to right inscribing chi-rho on shield resting on column; within dotted border
Reverse Inscription: [S]ẠḶVS REI – PVBLICAE; in exergue, C̣ỌṆA
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Christian Chi-Rho (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
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