Co 746 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

392

Not before (date)

375

Comment

JLR 2024: CHECK COIN AND GET PIC

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Preservation comment

Wear: aG. Very thin flan and extensive, slight pitting; irregular blobs of bluish white bronze corrosion.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 59, no. 851 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

AE3

Numismatic Authority

Valentinian II (375-392)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

15.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.72

Obverse Description

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

Obverse Inscription

D N VALENTINI–ANVS P F AVG

Reverse Description

Inscription of four lines within wreath

Reverse Inscription

[VOT | … | MVLT | …]; in exergue, SM[...]

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)