Co 1046 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph