AE4 / Bronze

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Record Details

Object Identifier
0000.08.3775
Other Number
06875
Type of Number
PV_NUMBER
Object Name
AE4
Object Type
Coins
Materials
Bronze
Weight
1.97
Quantity
1
Pierced
no
Inscribed
no
Artifact Obverse Inscription
CONSTAN TINOPOLIS
Artifact Reverse Inscription
in ex., SMALA.
Verbatim Date
335-347 AD
Other Date Notes
There is some disagreement among RIC VII, RIC VIII and LRBC about the dating of this coin. Kent, in VIII, suggests that coins of this type would have been minted as early as Constantine I's reign. Bruun, in RIC VII, says these coins should be assigned to post-Constantinian times. LRBC dates them specifically to 335-337 AD.
Production Site
site
Denomination
AE4
Authority
Constantine_I_as_Augustus
Mint
Alexandria
Overstruck
no
Countermark
no
Pierced
no
Coin Obverse Description
Bust of Constantinopolis left, laureate and helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, with reversed spear
Coin Obverse Inscription
CONSTAN TINOPOLIS
Coin Reverse Description
Victory standing left, on prow with spear and shield
Inscription Obverse Text
CONSTAN TINOPOLIS
Publication Title
Roman Imperial Coinage, Vol. VII: Constantine and Licinius, A.D. 313-337
Roman Imperial Coinage, Vol. VIII: The Family of Constantine I, A.D. 337-364
Late Roman Bronze Coinage, AD 324-498, Part 1: The Bronze Coinage of the House of Constantine, A.D. 324-346
Publication Author
Bruun, Patrick M. (ed. by C.H.V. Sutherland and R.A.G. Carson)
Kent, J.P.C. (ed. by C.H.V. Sutherland and R.A.G. Carson)
Carson, R.A.G., Hill, P.V. and Kent, J.P.C.
Publication Year
1966
1981
1960
Type Category
Numismatic

Technical Details

Record
0000.08.3775
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.08.3775/0000_08_3775

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"AE4; Bronze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.08.3775/0000_08_3775. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
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