New addition to my collection is one Nero As and two small AE4 bronze coins. I may give Nero As to a professional cleaner to clean it for a little more. Did I do a good identification of coins, RIC number? Post anything you think is relevant. Nero (54-68), As, Rome, AD 65, AE (10,40 gr; 28 mm), Ob.NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP, laureate head left, Rv. Victory flying left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R in field, S - C. RIC 313. Theodosius II (AD 402-450). AE (408-423). (1.3 g; 14 mm) Obv: DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; star behind. Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM. Theodosius and Honorius standing facing one another, each holding spear and shield. RIC 396. Valentinian II. A.D. 375-392. AE (13.5 mm, 1.1 g). Thessalonica, A.D. 384-388. Ob. DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian II right Rev. GLORIA REIPVBLICE, camp gate with two turrets; TES. RIC 62a.
That star on the Theodosius definitely looks like a comet as per the comet of "44" on the early coins that began the line of deification of the Caesars.
I like the V2 campgate. I have a mild interest in campgates, and I find it fascinating how the reverse type persists in the fifth century, but with cruder and more pathetic execution. It's as if we can witness the decline of this governing bveaucracy by seeing the changes to the type from the argenti of the tetrarchs through the heyday of the campgate under Constantine to these sad little late types.
Without seeing a mintmark (or some very specific control marks etc.) on your Theo II, you can't really give it a RIC number.
several cities issued this type - Thessalonica TES(A), Heraclea SMH(A), Constantinople CONS(A), Cyzicus SMK(A) and Nicomedia SMN(A). The parenthesis means that there is a possibility of a different workshop.
