- Co 434 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 383
- Not before (date)
- 378
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Thessalonica 27a, p. 178
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G/P. Severe, deep, wide chipping around edge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and fissuring. Thin, faint patches of white and pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 57, no. 784 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Valentinian I (364-375)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 15.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.82
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- V[ALE]NT[INI-ANVS P] F AV[G]
- Reverse Description
- Victoria striding to left with wreath in outstretched right hand and palm in left arm; within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- SE[CV]R[ITAS] – RE[IPVBLICAE]; to left, ✶ (traces); in exergue, TESA
- 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 434 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian I 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/co0434>
