Can anyone identify this coin or even the 'image' on the reverse please?

I was going through my 'hard to identify' coins the other day and I found this one.
It has a distinctive image on the reverse and I am hoping that someone who is familiar with it may be able to assist me in attributing the coin by identifying it, please?

AE21 mm, 3.41 gm.

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Looks like a REPARATIO REIPVB reverse to me. If so, you have a few options for the obverse emperor, such as Gratian and Theodosius. Magnus Maximus is another. Others will know more.

Looks like I have a small error in my own catalog, mentioning Gratian on the reverse, not Theodosius. Anyway, anecdotally, Gratian seems the most common of those three emperors to find.

 

Hi, Gavin,
I thank you for your response.
I will now research coins like this under THEODOSIUS and GRATIAN.
Firstly, I will attempt to make THEODOSIUS or GRATIAN out of the legend on the obverse.

 

Sounds good. Quite frankly, I thought other people would respond. Either they agree with my reverse type suggestion, or they don’t have a guess. What do you think? Do you think it looks like that reverse?

And don’t neglect Magnus Maximus either. I’m just not sure what I’m seeing on that obverse. I believe Valentinian II had these struck too, but without a legend break. So he is not an option.

 

@Valentinian has a nice page on these.

http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/type18i.html

 

Hi, M.M. Thanks for coming in.
On closer inspection I can make out the legend "DN MAG MAXIM".
Would that restrict the search to Magnus Maximus or could that still allow for another ruler?

 

Nope, that’s the one and only Magnus Maximus.

 

In that case I might go for "Similar to . . . RIC 32.2 (IX Lugdunum)".

 

@Gavin Richardson Thank you for pointing the way. I appreciate the help.

 

I think I may have one close to yours,,,

MAGNUS MAXIMUS

RI Magnus Maximus 383-388 CE AE Follis