- Co 1166 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian I from Rome) [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 Rome 15a, pp. 114 (mintmark i/ii/iv), 119
- Description
- Undersized flan for type.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF. Chipped edge; rare, slight pitting and scratching. Thin, wide areas of pale green and white bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 43, no. 450, pl. II (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Gratian, Valens or Valentinian I, A.D. 364-378, Constantinople, AE3“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE3
- Numismatic Authority
- Valentinian I (364-375)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 14.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Rome
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.2
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N VALENTINI]–[AN]VS P F AVG
- Reverse Description
- Emperor in military dress striding to right, dragging captive with right hand and holding labarum with left hand
- Reverse Inscription
- [GLORIA ROMAN]OR[VM]; fields are empty; in exergue, SMR[.]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1166 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian I from Rome).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1166>
