- Co 657 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II from Heraclea) [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 Cyzicus 22b, p. 244
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG/P. Segments of edge snapped off; extensive, minute pitting and rare scratching. Faint to incipient pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 49, no. 566 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Valens or Valentinian I or II, Uncertain, AE3 and AE4“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 3
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Valentinian II (375-392)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 14.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Heraclea (Thrace)
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.4
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- D N VALENT[INIANVS P F A]VG
- Reverse Description
- Inscription in four lines within wreath tied flat below with trailing ribbons
- Reverse Inscription
- [VOT | XX | MVLT] | XXX ; in exergue, SMH[.]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 657 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II from Heraclea).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0657>
