Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 746 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II)

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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)
Suggested citation: “Co 746 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0746>