Hi All, it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here, a busy few months, but I have been lurking in the background reading posts and threads. It looks like that despite what is happening in the world at the moment coin people persevere! I purchased a coin at one of the recent Roma auctions that I haven’t seen come up for sale before. Let me warn you that it is not pretty and more of a budget coin, but regardless it is being proudly added to my collection filling one of the last few gaps. As per the Roma description: Flavius Victor Æ 13mm. Uncertain mint, AD 387-388. [D N] FL VICTOR P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES R[OMANO]RVM, camp gate with two turrets; star above, [mintmark in exergue]. Cf. RIC IX 29b (Arelate) or 55b (Aquileia) for type. 0.69g, 13mm, 6h. Please share your Flavius Victor coin or any information you would like to share about him.
Agreed. not everyone is sleeping? Learning Classical Latin at the moment. Let me know if I’m close please.
Congrats, he's a tough one. I lucked into mine in an eBay lot a few years ago; can't count on that type of luck again!
Great pickup, @Egry ! And glad to see you posting again. FLAVIUS VICTOR RI Flavius Victor 384-388 CE AE4 14mm 1-8g Aquileia Camp Gate Star SMAQS RIC IX 55b-2 LRBC1104
Flavius Victor Coin: Bronze AE4 D N FL VICTOR P F AVG - pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right SPES ROMANORVM - campgate, four layers, two turrets, star above, no doors. Exergue: Mint: Trier (AD 387-388) Wt./Size/Axis: 12.00g / 0.76mm / - References: RIC IX Trier 87c Cohen 5
FLAVIUS VICTOR, Siliqua MDPS, Milan 1.77 g - 17.5 mm S 4210 - C 6 - RIC IX 19b DN FL VICTOR PF AVG, Diademed bust right VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma enthroned facing, head left, holding globe and reverted spear
Congratulations on adding a tough emperor. Yours is in much better shape than mine, which is from Rome: (Bronze) AE IV Rome mint, A.D. 387-388 Obv: D N FL VIC-TOR P F AVG Rev: SPES RO-MA-NORVM - Campgate with star between two turrets [RB?] in exergue RIC 59 13mm, 0.9g. Flavius Victor was the infant son of the usurper Magnus Maximus, proclaimed emperor by his father in order to add a sense of legitimacy to his own claim to the throne. When Theodosius I decided to contest their claims, both father and son were executed by forces loyal to Theodosius.
