Description: Valentinian I (364 - 375 AD). AE3, Constantinople mint 364-367 AD. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG; diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA ROMANORVM; emperor advancing right, holding labarum and grasping captive, cross in left and right field, CONSΓ in ex.

Diameter: AE16 mm

Weight: 2,46 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: RIC IX Constantinople 16a5 (no crosses); Sear 19461 (no crosses)

Commentary: unique for Valentinian with two crosses; brown-grey patina with bronze highlights

History: Valentinian I ruled with his brother Valens two parts of Roman Empire - a constellation that occured again three decades later with Honorius and Arcadius.

Article Number: 057-10-04-42384