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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1968106, member: 44210&quot;]Not really, but from its condition it looks like I could have <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Edit: supposed to say &quot;in&quot; not &quot;is&quot; in the title <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve showed this one before but recently got around to reshooting new photos of it. This AE3 of Roman emperor Valentinian I is easily one of my best late Romans, condition-wise. Some people may describe this type and emperor &quot;as common as dirt&quot;, and they are very easy to inexpensively find, but it gets more difficult (but not impossible) to find one of these in this great of a shape. I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if it got lost not long after it left the mint. Its a nice dark brown color all around (except for the light layer of sand at the base of teh bust/mintmark area), but I had to sacrifice some of it in the photo to shoot it at an angle and bring out the details.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting tidbit: the goddess Victory (Victoria, shown on my coin&#039;s reverse) is said to have been the inspiration for the look of Christian angels.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Wiki (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentinian_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentinian_I" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentinian_I</a> ): </p><p><br /></p><p><u>Obv</u>: D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pear-diademed, draped bust right</p><p><u>Rev</u>: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm branch, field marks to left and right</p><p><u>Mint</u>: Siscia (mintmark: Gamma SISC [not sure of the last letter], struck 364-375 AD)</p><p><u>Ref</u>: RIC 15a</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/P1070018_zpsd74d92f3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a bronze statue of (possibly) Valentinian I, in Italy:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/ValIstatue_zps9d0bf324.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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