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Valentinian II- SALVS REI PVBLICAE
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Valentinian II, 17 November 375 - 15 May 392 A.D.
Obverse:
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
DN VALENTINI - ANVS PF AVG
DN: Dominus Noster, our lord
VALENTINIANVS: Valentinian
PF, PIUS FELIX, piteous and happy
AVG: Augustus, emperor
Reverse:
SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Health of the republic
SALVS: Health
REI PVBLICAE: Republic
Victory advancing left, holding standard over shoulder and dragging captive
Domination: Copper, AE4, size 12 mm
Mint: Aquileia or Rome .
Comment:
This is the SALVS REI PVBLICAE type. This type was not struck for Valentininan I but only for Valentininan II. (and Theodosius I, Arcadius and Honorius). IF the obv. legend of the coin is broken DN VALENTINI - ANVS PF AVG then the mint is Aquileia or Rome. All other mints have unbroken obv. legends.
Source: Guido Bruck, Die spätrömische Kupferprägung, Graz/Austria 1961
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