- Co 1046 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 388
- Not before (date)
- 384
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Thessalonica 62a, p. 186
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG. Slight, frequent marginal chipping; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and scratching. Thick, rough patches of white corrosion or encrustation(?) on obverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 50, no. 588 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Roman … AE4, Uncertain”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 10
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Valentinian II (375-392)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.82
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- D N VAL[ENTINIANVS P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Gate with turrets
- Reverse Inscription
- [GLOR]IA REI–PVBLICE; to left, A; in exergue, TES
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1046 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II 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/co1046>
