Coin id help

Hello everyone,
I've been collecting very casually cleaned and id-ed denarii so I rarely needed any help. Up until now: I've gotten some uncleaned coins and I'm enjoying working on them a lot, but there's a coin I can't figure out the name.

O: D N V(?) A(?) ? I(?) N T I N S(?)
I guess it's a half-follis of... Valentinian?
Mintmark: TES, so Thessalonica?.
Thanks!

 

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welcome fomovore ....



... I think you're correct on the Valentinian thang

hey, I've got one of those (it was one of my first ten ancient-purchases) ...

 

My guess is:

RIC 16a,Gamma Thessalonica

Valentinian I AE3. 364 AD. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor walking right, head left, holding labarum & grasping bound captive at the top of the head, TESG in ex.
Valentinian I AE3. 364 AD. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor walking right, head left, holding labarum & grasping bound captive at the top of the head, TESGamma in ex.

 

nicely played, Bing ....

 

Great. Thanks!

I found some similar coins of Valentinian II, but judging by the fibula and the diadem Bing seems to be right.

 

I

 

Moved to a new thread.

 

what is that?

 

This coin has nothing to do with the original posted coin.

 

http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/valentinian_I/_thessalonica_RIC_016a,G.jpg

To be certain, can you make out the last letter/symbol in the mintmark? It looks like a Gamma to me. What does it look like in hand?

 

No, I just didn't want to create a new thread for each coin. Should I do that?

I can't tell. It looks like N to me, but it can be H or A.

 

It makes things easier to follow if each coin has its own thread.

 

Hey dawg => if you have a cool new coin, then definitely create a new thread!! (yah, we're lonely on this site => we need some more cool ancient coin-threads)

Cheers, new brother

=> bring-on the coin threads!!

 

I think I may have made a mistake on the original coin. I now believe it to be
RIC IX Thessalonica 26a, type xvii-unlisted. According to Helvetica's list, this is a rare variation, but I do not think that translates into this coin being worth more or less.

 

Thanks. I was going to keep it anyway since I don't have any coins of Valentinian I (at least until a better one turns up).