Solidus - Valentinianus SALVS REIP; Thessalonica
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Valentinian I (364-375)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 364-367 |
| Value | Solidus (1) |
| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 4.46 g |
| Diameter | 21.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 451046 |
| References | RIC IX# 3A.2 John William Ernest Pearce, Harold Mattingly, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1951. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 9. Valentinian I - Theodosius I (AD 364–395). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.9.thes.3A.2Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Valentinian I, pearl-diademed, draped in imperial mantle, left, holding mappa and short sceptre.
Script: Latin
Lettering: D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG
Reverse
Emperor, head right, standing facing, holding labarum and Victory on globe, and spurning captive left, head right.
Star on star in right field.
Mintmark in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering: SALVS REIP
Unabridged legend: Salus Reipublicae.
Translation: The safety of the state.
Mint
| SMTES | Thessalonica, Macedonia, modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (364-367) | Star on star in right field (*/*; Subtype 2) | ||||||||||||||
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