- Co 477 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valens from Nicomedia) [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 Nicomedia 9b, p. 252
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF. Slightly nicked edge; sparse, slight pitting and scratching. Traces of light blue bronze disease on obverse left.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 45, no. 458 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Arcadius, Gratian, Theodosius I or Valentinian II, A.D. 383, Uncertain, AE4“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Valens (364-378)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 16.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Nicomedia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.62
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- D N VALENS - [P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Draped emperor striding to right drags captive with right hand and holds labarum in left hand; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- GLORIA RO-MANORVM; in exergue, SMNΑ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 477 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valens from Nicomedia).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0477>
