Co 825 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valens from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph