Co 630 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian III from Rome) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

437

Not before (date)

430

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RIC X Valentinian III 2123, p. 377

Comparanda

LRBC II.853, p. 63

Preservation comment

Wear: G/P. Roughly 15% snapped off from obverse lower right; extensive, slight pitting and rare fissuring.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 58, no. 835 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Valentinian III (western emperor, 425-455)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

8.0

Numismatic Mint

Rome

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.33

Obverse Description

Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right

Obverse Inscription

[D N VA]LE[NTINIANVS P F AVG]

Reverse Description

Campgate with turrets

Reverse Inscription

VOT – [PVB]; above campgate, S; below, RSM (traces)

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph