Hey all, In honor of my most recent late Roman coin, a Valentinian I solidus, I think it would be neat to see everyone else's late Roman coins! I may be tempting fate to post it, as it hasn't arrived yet, but I am just too excited! I started off collecting LRB's and coins of the late Roman Empire will forever hold a special place in my collection. Weight: 4.36 g Diameter: 21 mm Ref.: RIC IX 2b; Depeyrot 22/1 Obverse: DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG. Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE. Emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe; in left field, cross; in exergue, (star)ANTЄ (star)
Campbell, Congrats on your handsome Antioch solidus . I have a special interest in late Roman coinage too . Pictured below is a recent acquisition .
A bronze piece. I like the heavier LRB's when I can find them: Arcadius, A.D. 395-408 AE22, 5.7 grams, Antioch mint Obverse: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right Reverse: GLORIA ROMANORVM Emperor standing facing, head right, holding standard and globe Mintmark: ANT Reference: RIC IX Antioch 68C, pg. 294
..my 1st ancients were LRB's....i have a slew of LRB's to go thru for the 4th century collection/selection .. here's one for Warren Valentinian l, (364-375AD), 17+mm, 3.98gms
I bought this solidus of Aelia Pulcheria "by accident" that is a entered a low bid, fully expecting to be outbid. For some reason nobody else was interested and I won a coin that I didn't really want at the time. However, it grew on me and I am happy to own it now. Aelia Pulcheria daughter of Arcadius Obv.: AEL PVLCHERIA AVG Rev.: VOT XX - MVLT XXX -- CONOB Mint: Constantinople 422-423 Weight: 4.46 g RIC 220; MIRB 17a.b; Depeyrot 74.3 Pulcheria means "the beautiful" and looking at her very elaborate hairstyle and dress it looks like she lived up to her name.
This is my favorite Arcadius follis. How needs a solidus if you can have a follis with this kind of detail. Note the emperor's dress and the shield decorations. I love that coin and it only cost a 10th of the price of a solidus. Arcadius (19.01.383 - 01.05.408) DN ARCADIVS P F AVG // GLORAI ROMANORVM -- ALE delta Mint: Alexandria Note the misspelling of GLORIA as GLORAI
Beautiful solidus with a strong portrait to it, congrats. Sadly I don't have any gold to contribute with, however, a few of my LRBs and siliquae are decent enough Valentinian II, AE2 - Constantinople mint, 4th officina D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, Helmeted, diademed, cuirassed bust of Valentinian, holding spear in right hand GLORIA RO-MANORUM, Valentinain standing on a galley, driven by a victory, Wreath in field, CON delta at exergue 4.93 gr Ref : RIC # 52, Cohen #22, RC #4161, LRBC #2151 Theodosius, AE4 - Cyzicus mint, 2nd officina DN THEODO SIVS P F AVG, draped and diademed bust of Theodosius right SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory walking left, dragging captive. Christogram in field, SMKB at exergue 1.41 gr Ref : Cohen #30, LRBC # 2569, Roman coins #4188v, RIC IX Cyzicus 26b Arcadius, AE2 - Alexandria mint, 3rd officina D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, Diademed bust of Arcadius right VIRTS EXERCITI (sic !), Arcadius, standing right, a captive at right foot, holding globe and standard. ALE gamma at exergue 6.28 gr Ref : RIC # 18, RC #4230, LRBC #2896 var Theodosius II, Siliqua - Constantinople mint D N THEODO SIVS P F AVG, diademed draped and cuirassed bust right seen from front VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX, within a laurel wreath, CONS* at exergue 2.16 gr, 18.5 mm RIC X, # 381 Q
Oooh! I have one of those I really like as well! I should really take a better picture of it. The reverse (and obverse too), for this period, is extremely well done and of high relief, although off center.
Wow, let's give a "big hand" to Valentinian II. Wondering if that has anything to do with Sabazio?? Might be stretching it there!
Here's a siliqua of his brother to pair with your solidus from Antioch Valentinian / Theodosian Valens 364-378 A.D. siliqua RIC 34d1 Votive 367-375 Antioch Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right DN VALENS PER F AVG VOT X MVLT XX ANT•• VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; in exergue, ANT•• 18.0mm 1.94g and one from Lugdunum purportedly from the Gussage All Saints Hoard in Dorset, England: Valentinian / Theodosian Valens 364-378 A.D. siliqua RIC IX 9b Lyons 17 Roma 364-367 Lugdunum Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right DN VALEN-S PF AVG SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICAE PLVG Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe in right hand and inverted spear in left; 1st officina Valentinian from Lugdunum with the Chi Rho banner and Victory, that pairs with yours very well! Valentinian / Theodosian Valentinian I 364–375 A.D. Siliqua RIC IX 6d Victory 364-367 Lugdunum pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG RESTITVTOR REIP SLVG Emperor standing facing, head to right, holding labarum, with cross and hook on shaft, and Victory on globe; SLVG in exergue 17.0mm 1.81g Valentinian III: Valentinian / Theodosian Valentinian III 425–455 A.D. solidus RIC X 2015 Victory 440-455 Rome rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG VICTORIA AVGGG emperor standing facing holding long cross and Victory on globe, placing his foot on human-headed coiled serpent; R-M across fields, COMOB in exergue Depeyrot 46/1 22.0mm 4.41g
VALENS AV Solidus OBVERSE: DN VALENS PER F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right REVERSE: RESTITVTOR REIPUBLICAE, Valens standing right, holding labarum in right hand & Victory on globe in left, cross to left. Mintmark star ANTE star Struck at Antioch, 364 AD 3.6g, 19mm Antioch RIC 2d,xxxvii-5
This seems to be the best place to put my question before I go down too far into the rabbit hole that is my mind. What reference is meant by LRBC # in a coin description? I know it stands for Late Roman Bronze Coinage and I want to assume it is the Carson et al book originally published by Spink. However, in doing a googoogoogle, I discovered other authors with the same title. Thank you in advance.
Yes, Carson, Hill & Kent (1978), Late Roman Bronze Coinage. I have the 1989 Durst reprint. Very handy.