Co 1165 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II) [permalink] [show fewer 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