Post #38: Does This Roman Empire Siliqua Look Fake Or Authentic?

Looks genuine but with lots of environmental problems. Low grade.

With the legends barely readable, it is difficult to be conclusive. But, there aren't that many siliquas with the inscription "VOTIS X MVLTIS XX", so that narrows it down to three possibilities (OCRE link http://numismatics.org/ocre/results...3;xx&lang=en):
1: Julian the Apostate, 361-363, mint Antioch
2: Valens, 375-378, mint Aquileia
3: Gratian, 375-378, mint Aquileia

From the partly readable inscriptions it can be narrowed down further:
- I think the mint mark (bottom of the reverse) reads AQP, possibly AQPS with just the top of S visible. That points to Aquileia. I can't read it as ANT, which it would have to be for Antioch. So it should be number 2 or 3. In addition, Julian should be portrayed with a beard, Valens and Gratian are not, and although I cannot say for sure, I don't think the OP coin has a beard.
- For Valens, the obverse inscription to the right of the head should read S P F AVG. I think it looks more like NVS P F AVG, which points to Gratian.

So I would say it is number 3, Gratian. The only concern is the inscription to the left of the head, which should read D N GRATIA. That is hard to make out, but perhaps with the coin in hand it is easier to see if that can be a match.