• m13-525-0002-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-525-0002-20
    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. 525.0002
Date
351 AD - 355 AD, Late Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1992.0108
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
AE2
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Constantius II
Officina
[.]
Has Mint Mark
yes
Has Control Mark
yes
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
525
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS
Trench
MMS-III 92.1
Locus
MMS-III 92.1 Locus 38
B-Grid Coordinates
E90.6 / S100.52 *102.8
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust pd. cuir. dr. r., behind head Δ DNCONSTANTIVSPFAVG ; Reverse: Virtus with shield on l. arm spearing fallen horseman, who clutches horse’s neck, in l. field B dot, FEL TEMP REPARATIO, in ex. CON[.] .
Condition
Worn and chipped around edges
Dimensions
Weight: 4.1g; Diameter: 19mm.
Mint mark
CON
Control mark
Γ•|_
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
RIC VIII, p. 457, no. 112
Author
JDE

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