- Co 493 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II from Antioch) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 392
- Not before (date)
- 383
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Antioch 67a, p. 292
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2763, p. 102
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aF/P. Roughly 20% snapped off from obverse right, and remaining segment chipped; slight, sparse pitting and infrequent scratching.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 49, no. 565 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Valentinian II (375-392)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.05
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N VA]LENTINIA[NVS P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Victoria dragging captive to left and carrying trophy over far shoulder; to left, staurogram; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- [SALVS REI] – PVBLICAE; in exergue, [A]N[T]A’
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 493 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II from Antioch).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0493>
