Co 731 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian III) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Comment

RW 2012: Valentinian III campgate; JLR 2025: CHECK COIN AND GET PIX

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Contributor Notes

2014 (June 3): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: P.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 59, no. 947 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Valentinian III (western emperor, 425-455)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

10.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.73

Obverse Description

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

Obverse Inscription

[D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG] (traces)

Reverse Description

Campgate (traces)

Reverse Inscription

[VOT - PVB] (traces); above, P; in exergue, uncertain

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)