- Co 1165 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 392
- Not before (date)
- 383
- Comment
- JLR: The style of the reverse image most closely resembles the products of the mints at Aquleia and Antioch, but this type was produced also at Rome, Thessalonica, Constantinople, Cyzicus, and Alexandria.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aEF/EF. Very rare, slight marginal nicking; specks of incipient bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 48, no. 548, pl. I (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Arcadius, Honorius, Theodosius I or Valentinian II, A.D. 383-395, Uncertain, AE4“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 3
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Valentinian II (375-392)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.1
- Obverse Description
- Rose-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- D N VALENTIN[IAN]VS P F AVG
- Reverse Description
- Victoria dragging captive to left and carrying trophy over far shoulder; to left, staurogram; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- [SALV]S REI – PVBL[ICAE]; mintmark off flan
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
-
- Reverse Photograph
-
-
“Co 1165 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1165>
