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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24798226, member: 26430&quot;]Interesting coin. The legend matches an RIC <i>Solidus</i> (albeit with SM LVG in ex). I would imagine that any Semissis is scarce at least -- especially for this mint. (I can&#039;t find a Semissis for <i>any</i> ruler from Lyons/Lugdunum in ACSearch records.)</p><p><br /></p><p>My initial reaction to the photo was Germanic imitative/&quot;pseudo-Imperial.&quot; Lugdunum&#039;s style could be a bit unconventional, but that obverse still seems unusual to me. (Closer to, say, Ravenna&#039;s maybe?) Recognizing certain of the late 4th-5th cent. Germanic imitatives can be a challenge. (E.g., pretty good fidelity on a <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6970220" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6970220" rel="nofollow">Lugdunum Siliqua IDed by CNG as imitation</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Alternatively:</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it possible that this is from Valentinian II or III? Are there any such Semisses?</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have RIC IX or RIC X, and don&#039;t know how closely OCRE follows them (it lacks the explanatory background text, of course). But I see that obverse legend&nbsp; used on Semissi (different reverses/mints) of Val. I &amp; Val. II. Also one for Val. III listed under Theodosius II (RIC X 247). </p><p><br /></p><p>Are mules common in this period?</p><p><br /></p><p><i>So -- assuming genuinely ancient <i>-- is a Germanic type possible </i>-- or does RIC list any for Val II or III?</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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