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- Co 2068 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian III from Rome) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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455
- Not before (date)
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440
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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RIC X Valentinian III 2147-2148, p. 380
- Comparanda
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LRBC II.868, p. 63
- Preservation comment
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Wear: P. Snapped and chipped edge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and sparse fissuring.
- Axis (1-12)
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11
- Has denomination
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AE4
- Numismatic Authority
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Valentinian III (western emperor, 425-455)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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12.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Rome
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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1.1
- Obverse Description
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Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
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D N VAL[ENTIN]IANO
- Reverse Description
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Emperor in military dress standing to left, holding spear in left hand and globe in extended right hand
- Reverse Inscription
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[VI]CTO–[RIA AV]G
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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