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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 8087895, member: 82549&quot;]Valentinian III reigned for 30 years, so his coins are plentiful. Unfortunately, with most of these little AE4s from this era, it&#039;s impossible to attribute the coin to a specific emperor unless you have some key letters of the obverse inscription visible. Often, it&#039;s not even possible to distinguish official issues from imitations. So although there are a lot of V3 coins out there, coins that you can positively identify as such as quite scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one from my collection. Although it&#039;s difficult to see in the photo, in hand the 3rd letter of the obverse inscription is clearly a V. That&#039;s how I know it&#039;s a V3. But whether or not it&#039;s official, well . . . [ATTACH=full]1405343[/ATTACH] </p><p><u><b>Valentinian III</b></u></p><p><i>Caesar, A.D. 424-425</i></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 425-455</i></p><p>(Bronze) AE 3/4</p><p>Rome mint mark, possibly No. African mint, ca. A.D. 440-455</p><p>Obv: D N VAL-EN AV</p><p>Rev: VICTO-RI AVGVS - Victory advancing left with wreath and palm</p><p>ROMA in exergue; (no cross in field)</p><p>11mm, 1.3g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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