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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |The Late Empire||View Options:   | | | |
On 1 November 365, the Alamanni crossed the Rhine and invaded Gaul. Valentinian I moved to Paris to defend the Gallic cities. Large numbers of Alamanni crossed the frozen Rhine into the Empire on 2 January 366. Valentinian moved his base to Trier and in 368 defeated the Alamanni near the Rhine.RL98897. Billon double maiorina, RIC IX Constantinople 15 (R3), LRBC II 2065, SRCV V 19400, Cohen VIII 30 var. (mint), Hunter V - , VF, small edge cracks, weight 7.965 g, maximum diameter 28.1 mm, die axis 0o, 4th officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 25 Feb 364 - 24 Aug 367 A.D.; obverse D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor standing facing, head right, labarum in right hand, Victory on globe offering wreath in left hand, CONSP∆ in exergue; very rare;
Eastern Roman Empire, Leo I (and Leo II?), 18 Nov 473 - Nov 474 A.D.
Leo II was Roman emperor for about one year, from 18 Nov 473 to Nov 474 A.D., when he was a child aged six or seven. He was the son of Zeno, the Isaurian general and future emperor, and Ariadne, a daughter of the emperor Leo I, who ruled the eastern Roman empire. Leo II was made co-emperor with his grandfather Leo I on 18 November 473, and became sole emperor on 18 January 474 after Leo I died of dysentery. His father Zeno was made co-emperor by the Byzantine Senate on 9 February and they co-ruled for a short time before Leo II died in November 474.BZ85466. Lead bulla (tag seal), aVF, weight 2.229 g, maximum diameter 12.1 mm, die axis 45o, obverse two facing busts, cross above center; reverse monogram of Leo I (as seen on reverse of his bronze nummi, RIC X 681 - 693);
Roman, Conical Lead Seal, Late 4th - Early 5th Century A.D.
Most likely an imperial seal with a senior Augustus between two junior Augusti, perhaps Theodosius I with Arcadius and Honorius (393 - 395). The similar but smaller Boersema-Dalzell 142 (4.6g) attributed to Arcadius, Honorius and Theodosius II (402 - 408) has DDD NNN above the busts, abbreviating Dominorum Nostrorum (meaning, in this instance, our three lords).AR83656. Lead bulla (tag seal), cf. Boersema-Dalzell 142 (4.6g), Leukel (1995) 118 - 121, aVF, weight 9.238 g, maximum diameter 19.0 mm, late 4th - early 5th century A.D.; obverse laureate and draped bust of emperor facing between two smaller laureate and draped busts turned facing center and seen in profile (Theodosius I with Arcadius and Honorius?), possibly DDD NNN above; reverse domed cylindrical back with hole and channel for cord;
Byzantine Empire, Anastasius I, 11 April 491 - 1 July 518 A.D.
Coins of this type can be dated before or after 512 A.D. because a larger flan was introduced that year. This coin is the large module type dated after 512 A.D.BZ94904. Bronze follis, DOC I 23, Sommer 1.15, Hahn MIB I 27, SBCV 19, F, well centered on a large flan, red-brown patina, light earthen deposits, edge a bit ragged, weight 16.559 g, maximum diameter 33.9 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 512 - 1 Jul 518 A.D.; obverse D N ANASTA-SIVS P P AVG (S to the right of his forehead is horizontal), diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse large M (40 nummi), cross above, star left and right, obscure officina letter below (perhaps deliberately erased), CON (Constantinople) in exergue; from the Ray Nouri Collection;
Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D.
The mint of Sirmium was closed in the first year of Valentinian's and Valens' reign. It was reopened 14 years later but only to strike in precious metal. Coins from the short early period, such as this one, are scarce. In 371, the fortified cities of the Danube, with Sirmium at the forefront, contributed to stop an invasion of the Quadi.RL99050. Bronze centenionalis, RIC IX Sirmium 6(a)1 (S), LRBC II 1627, SRCV V 19476, Cohen VII 21, Hunter V -, VF, nice green patina, light earthen deposits, rev. slightly off center, head on reverse flatly struck, weight 2.430 g, maximum diameter 19.4 mm, die axis 180o, 1st officina, Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) mint, 25 Feb - end 364 A.D.; obverse D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse RESTITVTOR REIP, emperor standing facing, head right, labarum in right hand, Victory on globe offering wreath in his left hand, ASIRM in exergue; scarce;
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