- Co 797 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valens or Valentinian I) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 375
- Not before (date)
- 364
- Comment
- JLR: The profile on the obverse fits Valens or Valentinian I; the type was produced as most Imperial mints.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- e.g., RIC VIII Alexandria IX 3b, p. 298
- Description
- Obverse is struck weakly or from a very worn die, but the reverse is bold.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Extensive, minute pitting and scratching. Rough patches of white corrosion or encrustation(?) on obverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 43, no. 446 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Gratian, Valens or Valentinian I, A.D. 364-378, Uncertain, AE3“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Valens (364-378)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.88
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and [cuirassed] bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N] V[ALENS] – P [F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Victoria walking to left, holding palm branch in left hand and wreath in right hand
- Reverse Inscription
- [SE]CVRITAS – [REI PVBLICAE]; exergue off flan
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 797 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valens or Valentinian I).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0797>
