- Co 837 (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 16b, pp. 168, 176 (mark iii, third officina)
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.1729, p. 79
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF/F+. Slight worn chipping along edges and rare pitting and scratching. Small, thin patches of bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 44, no. 457 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Valens (364-378)
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- DN VALEN-S PF AVG
- Reverse Description
- Emperor draped, with right hand dragging captive to right and holding labarum in left; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- GLORIA RO-MANORVM; in right field, ✶ ; in exergue, TESΓ
- Diameter
- 18.0
- Weight (kg)
- 2.14
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 837 (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/co0837>
