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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2278132, member: 56653&quot;]This is one of those coins only a specialist would bother with. It&#039;s small, it&#039;s a LRB, it&#039;s a usual enough type and the ruling figure is a somewhat boring lackluster character:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]454886[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="5"><b> </b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>VALENTINIAN II AE4 11mm 1.33g (aVF)</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>AV: DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG; pearl-diademed draped cuirassed bust r. T behind bust</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: VOT/X/MVLT/XX inside wreath</p><p><br /></p><p>EXE: ALEgamma Alexandria mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>REF: cf. RIC IX Alexandria 19a, rated Scarce, <a href="http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type26.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type26.html" rel="nofollow">Type 26</a> cf. Warren Esty, <b> unlisted 3rd officina for Valentinian II, RIC notes that this officina minted only for Theodosius, 383-388AD.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Rare little bronze from Alexandria, unknown to me until now but unlikely to be the only spec surviving. A bargain pick for 7$ delivered <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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