• m13-694-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-694-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Late Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy AE2 of Constantinople

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 694.0001
Date
378 AD - 383 AD, Late Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1982.C82.0151
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
AE2
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Valentinian II
Officina
Δ
Has Mint Mark
yes
Has Control Mark
yes
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
694
Site
Sardis
Sector
Wadi B
Trench
Wadi B 82.4
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust pd. cuir. dr. r. DNVALENTINIANVSPFAVG; Reverse: Emperor moves r. holds standard in r. and globe in l., spurning captive with foot VIRTVS EXERCITI, chi-rho|_, in ex. CONSΔ.
Condition
Good, poss excellent, but overcleaned
Dimensions
Weight: 5.05g; Diameter: 23mm.
Mint mark
CONS
Control mark
chi-rho|_
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
RIC IX not; LRBC p. 89, no. 2177; M7 R 679
Author
JDE

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