Base for statue of Constans, emperor. Pinna (Samnium). 337-350
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Pinna
Province:
Samnium
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Seen re-used in wall of cathedral
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constans
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Not named, probably the city of Pinna
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
337
Latest :
350
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , IX, 3348
Buonocore, M., Storia, amministrazione, società, economia di Penne in età romana, Pinna Vestinorum la città romana (a cura di L. Franchi dell’Orto), Roma 2010, 218-65; 234 no. 14
INSCRIPTION
Text:
D(omino) n(ostro) Constanti, piissimo, / felicissimo, victori, / semper Augusto.
Trans:
To our lord Constans, most pious, most fortunate, victorious, forever Augustus.