Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1213 (Late Roman bronze coin of Valentinian III from Rome)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 437
Not before (date): 430
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RIC X Valentinian III 2124, p. 377, pl. 53
Comparanda: LRBC II.853, p. 63
Contributor Notes: 2015 (June 17): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2023: JLR refined description.
Label or tag text: same hoard as [A] 1887
Preservation description: Wear: P. Deeply chipped and slightly snapped edge; extensive, minute pitting and sparse scratching to gouging.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 61, no. 957 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
Has denomination: AE4
Numismatic Authority: Valentinian III (western emperor, 425-455)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 12.0
Numismatic Mint: Rome
Numismatic Weight (g): 0.7
Obverse Description: Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription: [D N VAL]ẸṆṬỊ[NIAN]ṾṢ [P F AV]G̣
Reverse Description: Campgate with turrets
Reverse Inscription: [VOT] – P̣Ṿ[B] ; above campgate, S ; in exergue, RSM (traces)
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
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