Small Bronze Roman For ID Help (Maybe Valentinian II)

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GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 02/11/2019 7:56 pm Edited by GrapeCollects 02/11/2019 10:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/11/2019 8:32 pm I'm leaning towards Valentinian II. Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 02/11/2019 10:28 pm @echizento I went through the wildwinds image gallery for Valentinian II, none match remotely. Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 02/11/2019 11:12 pm A quick check of LRBC shows that the SALVS REIPVBLICAE / SALVS REIPVLICE type, Victory left with captive, christogram in l. field, was struck for Valentinian II, Theodosius I, Arcadius, Honorius, Theodosius II and Johannes. Portraits were quite formalized at that time. I agree with @echizento that Valentinian II is as likely as any. With a sharper obverse image, a single letter or two might make the difference. Edited by Kushanshah 02/11/2019 11:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 02/13/2019 04:45 am Helpful hint When photographing a dark coin use a dark background The camera is reading the lighter areas and adjusting for that With a darker background the camera will make the correct light reading and the details of the coin will become more visible Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1306 Posts	Posted 02/13/2019 09:01 am I tried fixing the photos a bit to see if there was more detail available on the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Veton Valued Member Spain 108 Posts	Posted 02/17/2019 07:39 am Hi, according to Kushanshah, but only to say that the symbol seems to be a -staurogram- (greek letters tau -T- and rho -P-) that represents Jesus on the cross. The Christogram represents the name of Christ (letters Chi -X- and Rho -P-). It is not only for more accurate description but for with staurogram we can reduce the possible mints to Rome, Aquileia, Tesaloniki and Cyzicvs (cheking "La moneda del Bajo Imperio Romano" Eladio Gutierrez Casaos, 2008), although for this coin we can,t read its mint. Report this Post to the Staff
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