• m13-691-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-691-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Late Roman Bronze/Copper Alloy AE4 of Thessalonica

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 691.0001
Date
388 AD - 393 AD, Late Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1982.0876
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
AE4
Coin Mint
Thessalonica
Issuers
Valentinian II
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
yes
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Evans Hoard 2, Burrell Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
691
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS/S
Trench
MMS/S 82.1
B-Grid Coordinates
ca. E100.5 - E101 / S114 - S114.5 *102.13 - *102.03
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust pd. cuir. dr. r. DNVALENTINIANVSPFAVG; Reverse: Victory moving l., holds palm in r. and dragging captive with l. SALVS REIPVBLICAE, chi-rho|_.
Condition
Fair
Dimensions
Weight: 0.97g; Diameter: 12 x 14mm.
Control mark
chi-rho|_
Comments
Var. in having no o cina letter; Clipped?.
See Also
Bibliography
Burrell 2007; RIC IX, p. 188, no. 65a var.; M7 R 671
Author
JDE

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