Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 398 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 392
Not before (date): 383
Comment: JLR 2024: COIN CHECK AND GET PIX
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Preservation comment: Wear: aG.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 57, no. 775 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
Axis (1-12): 11
Has denomination: AE4
Numismatic Authority: Valentinian II (375-392)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 15.0
Numismatic Weight (g): 1.18
Obverse Description: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription: [D N V]ALENTI[NI-ANVS PF AVG]
Reverse Description: Victoria dragging captive to left and carrying trophy over far shoulder; [to left, staurogram; within dotted border] CHECK
Reverse Inscription: [SALVS REI - PVBLICAE] (traces); in exergue, uncertain letter CHECK
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “Co 398 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0398>