- Co 825 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valens from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 367
- Not before (date)
- 364
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Thessalonica 18b, p. 176
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.1707, p. 79
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G. Roughly 15% snapped off from obverse lower right, remaining segments chipped; sparse, slight pitting, fissuring, and scratching.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 50, no. 578 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Late Roman … Uncertain, AE3”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Valens (364-378)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 17.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.01
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N VALEN-]S P F AV[G]
- Reverse Description
- Victoria striding to left, holding palm over left shoulder and wreath in extended right hand
- Reverse Inscription
- S[E]CVR[ITAS – REIPUBLIC]AE; in exergue, TⲈSΑ
- 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 825 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valens from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0825>
