- Co 418 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valens from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 367
- Not before (date)
- 364
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Thessalonica 18b, p. 176
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.1710, p. 79
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aF/F+. Roughly 15% snapped off from obverse right; nicked edge and slight, extensive pitting.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 43, 87, no. 445, pl. III (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Valens (364-378)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 16.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.43
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- D [N VA]LE[NS P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Victoria standing to left holding [wreath] in upraised right hand and palm in left arm; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- [SECVRITAS] | REI PVBLIC[AE]; in exergue, •TESΔ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 418 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valens from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0418>
