- Co 1203 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian II) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 392
- Not before (date)
- 383
- Comment
- The type under Valentinian II was issued from the mints at Aquileia, Rome, Thessalonica, Constantinople, Cyzicus, Antioch, and Alexandria.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Description
- Undersized flan for type.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF. Snapped edge obverse right; extensive, slight pitting and rare scratching. Incipient bluish green bronze disease across both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 48, no. 550 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Arcadius, Honorius, Theodosius I or Valentinian II, A.D. 383-395, Uncertain, AE4“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Valentinian II (375-392)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.12
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed and draped bust to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N] VAL[ENTINIANVS P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Victoria dragging captive to left and carrying trophy over over far shoulder; to left, staurogram (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- [SALVS R]EI – PVBLICAE; mintmark off flan
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“Co 1203 (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/co1203>
