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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 08/06/2019 7:31 pm Flavius Valentinianus, known to history as Valentinian I (The Great), as the western emperor mounted numerous successful military campaigns, securing the frontiers a last time before calamities engulfed and wrecked the empire after his death. Common though issues of Valentinian I may be, I picked this specimen up on account of the well preserved portrait. I'm pretty sure this is some variation of RIC IX 9a (Aquileia). Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 08/06/2019 7:40 pm That is a wicked nice portrait, although the die crack coming off of the diadem on the back of his head is cool too. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/06/2019 8:15 pm I agree super nice chocolate patina. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 08/07/2019 12:06 am After Constantius II, it's next to impossible to find an "XF" bronze of any emperor without reaching the price point where you might as well buy a siliqua. This has to be one of the nicer Valentinian bronzes I've seen. The portrait does also look a lot thinner and well... skinnier than the rest of his issues I've seen. I think it's Valentinian I, but it would be worth investigating that it could be Valentinian II... they did use the same obverse legends for this issue. Report this Post to the Staff
Victor Pillar of the Community United States 905 Posts	Posted 08/07/2019 01:44 am "they did use the same obverse legends for this issue." After the death of Val I, Vall II initialy had an unbroken legend or the addition of IVN that made it clear who it was. "When the distinction was no longer felt to be necessary, his legend would be the same as his father's" RIC IX xxxviii Report this Post to the Staff
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