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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1981 30 | |
| Title: | Roman Imperial Copper/Bronze Ae3 of Constans I, Thessalonica Mint (AD 341 - AD 346) | |
| Year: | 1981 | |
| Coin Number: | 30 | |
| Period: | Roman Imperial | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | AE3 | |
| Mint: | Thessalonica | |
| Authority: | Constans I | |
| Obverse Legend: | CONSTANS - PF AVG | |
| Obverse Type: | Emperor bust r., laureate with rosettes, draped, wearing cuirass | |
| Reverse Legend: | VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN | |
| Reverse Type: | Two Victories standing vis-a-vis, each raising a wreath; branch on ground between; in exergue, SMTSA | |
| Symbol: | Rev: in field, branch; in exergue, SMTSA | |
| Axis Clock: | 6 | |
| Diameter: | 15 x 16 | |
| Chronology: | AD 341 - AD 346 | |
| Context: | NB731 B31 P48 | |
| Findspot Description: | E of Theater; 96:BA Excavation Date: 4/21/1981 Notebook 731, p. 48 Basket 31, NB731 B31 P48, . | |
| Area: | East of Theater | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Negative 81-52-2/3 CONS. 02-18 Officina A Fine preservation LRBC p. 34 mentions the "Two Victories vis-a-vis" variant as being exclusive type of Roman mint; the other kind (Two Victories l.) being used both in mint of Rome and several other places, but in catalogue, the authors do not distinguish between the two types | |
| Reference: | LRBC p. 21, #863 | |
| Published: | Hesperia 1982, p. 154, #65 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 51:2, 1982 Image: digital 2011 3077 Image: digital 2011 3078 Image: digital 2011 3079 |
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