• m13-523-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-523-0001-20
    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. 523.0001
Date
348 AD - 351 AD, Late Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1988.C88.0003
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
AE2
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Constantius II
Officina
Θ
Has Mint Mark
yes
Has Control Mark
yes
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
523
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS
Trench
MMS-I 88.1
B-Grid Coordinates
E160.17 / S60.65 *102.8
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust pd. cuir. dr. holding globe l. DNCONSTANTIVSPFAVG; Reverse: Emperor in armor moving l., holding labarum in r. and shield in l.; in front are two kneeling captives, in l. field Γ, in ex. CONSΘ*.
Condition
Excellent; almost directly from mint
Dimensions
Weight: 4.27g; Diameter: 19mm.
Mint mark
CONS
Control mark
Γ_|_, *
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
RIC VIII, p. 454, no. 87
Author
JDE

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