Nice addition Valentinian I (364 - 375 A.D.) Æ3 O: DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right. R: RESTITVTOR REIP, Valentinian standing front, head right, holding Victory and standard with X on banner. Mintmark SMKB 20mm 3.38g Cyzicus RIC 10a, B
Here's a GLORIA ROMANORVM AE of Valentinian. Not as nice of a coin, but the reverse is OK. Excuse the photos, they are from before I could crop and resize effectively (about three weeks ago!) I'm getting a lot better.
Great job @Deacon Ray ! Well done... your presentations are nice! RI Valentinian I AE3 364-375 CE Emp dragging captive XP std RI Valentinian I 364-375 CE AE4 Nummus Victory
Beautifull patina, congrats Deacon Ray Any particular reason why you added this Valentinian to your collection ? Here's mine:
Valentinian I, AD 364-375 AE, 2.2g, 17.5mm; 6h; Siscia mint Obv.: DN VALENTINI-ANVS PF AVG; pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev.: GLORIA RO-MANORVM; emperor in military garb advancing right, head left, holding labrum, dragging captive behind. M in left field, star overPay in right field. In Ex.: BSISC My coin has a crustier reverse. It was one of my first ancients, purchased in a group lot.
Andres—My budding interest in late Roman coins is still developing. Initially it was the eye appeal of the bronzes. I was fortunate to acquire some excellent bulk lots from one of our good friends here on the ancients forum. Also as @Smojo mentioned—many of them have Christian symbols on them.
I've got a huge number of tiny ones, AE4's I guess from Arcadius, Honorius, and some of the later emperors. They came in a cache of 250 coins that I bought. They are so small that I wonder how they were struck and I also wonder about their purchasing power, couldn't have been much. Also, what was the fixed value ratio of bronze coins to the siliqua and solidus? I suppose we will never know.
