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- Co 573 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian III from Rome) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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455
- Not before (date)
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450
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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RIC X Valentinian III 2160, p. 380
- Comparanda
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LRBC II.866, p. 63
- Preservation comment
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Wear: aG. Snapped upper left obverse; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and rare scratching.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 58, no. 822 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
- Axis (1-12)
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12
- Has denomination
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AE4
- Numismatic Authority
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Valentinian III (western emperor, 425-455)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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8.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Rome
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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0.57
- Obverse Description
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Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
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D N V[ALEN]TINIA[NO]
- Reverse Description
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Apparently bold letters struck along broken upper right margin (axis 1) of reverse face: overstriking?
- Reverse Description
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Campgate with turrets
- Reverse Inscription
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CAS – TRA (tracea); above campgate, ✶ (traces); in exergue, ROM[A]
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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