Title
Coin: nummus (AE 2) of Valentinian II
Date
19 January 379 - 25 August 383 CE
Creator
Unknown (Roman)
Roman
Coverage
Style/Period: Late Empire
Discovery Site: Minted in the 1st officina of the mint in Nicomedia (Izmit), Turkey
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Type
coins and medals
Format
Materials/Techniques: billon; struck from an obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) die
Measurements: 21 to 22 mm in diameter, 4.938 grams
Description
Obverse legend: D(ominus) N(oster) VALENTINIANVS P(ius)F(elix) AVG(ustus), translation: Our Lord Valentinian, dutiful and successful Augustus; helmeted with pearl-diadem, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian II facing right, holding spear and shield in front. Reverse legend: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, translation: The glory of Rome; Emperor facing front, head facing right, on ship, raising right hand, cloak flowing right, victory at helm; wreath in left field, mint mark in the exerge SMNA. RIC IX, p. 256, no. 25b.
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 986.1.112
Record: UO-MCA-986-1-112
Source
Cataloguer: Enza D’Amore, University of Ottawa
Rights
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