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Emperor Dragging Captive: Valentinian AE3, R.SECVNDA
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Roman Imperial. Valentinian I AE3 Follis (17mm, 2.82g, 6), Rome mint, 2nd officina, c. 364-367 CE.
Obv: DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG. Diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM / R.SECVNDA. Emperor holding labarum & dragging bound captive.
Prov: Uncertain purchase, possibly N. Hochrein c. 2010-2013?; consigned (unsold), Ancient Roman Coin Auctions [Hochrein & R. Smits] Sale 1 or 2, 2013.
Ref: RIC 15a - Subtype xb (no examples cited in OCRE [LINK]); Sear 19444; Suarez, ERIC I --, ERIC II 427 (in gray, unable to verify existence of specimen, but see below); Kurth, Helvetica's RIC Tables [LINK] (“gloria-romanorum”), Type 15, Row 245; Esty Rev Type 5 [LINK].
Notes: Rare var. (the Gloria Romanorvm captive types even more so than the Secvritas w/ officinae spelled out). One example, same dies, in Coryssa (ebay 23 Jul 2016): https://www.coryssa.org/2044529/; another illustrated (reportedly Valentinian I but no obv. shown, diff. rev. die): Saskatchewan Museum of Antiquities [LINK]; Esty Coll. illustrates PRIMA & TERTIA for Valentinian, and SECVNDA for Valens [LINK].
See also: Esty’s LRBC Officinae page [LINK]:
“Spelling the officina number out in full (PRIMA, SECVNDA, TERTIA, QVARTA) was used only on coins minted at Rome, and only for three Roman emperors (Valentinian, Valens, and Gratian) and only on two types, GLORIA ROMANORVM and SECVRITAS REPVBLICAE, during the period 364-375 AD. […]
”The varieties with the officina number spelled out are scarce or rare. In each case, the number is preceded by an “R” for “Roma”, the mint city.”
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![Emperor Dragging Captive: Valentinian AE3, R.SECVNDA
[b]Roman Imperial. Valentinian I AE3 Follis[/b] (17mm, 2.82g, 6), Rome mint, 2nd [i]officina[/i], c. 364-367 CE.
[b]Obv[/b]: DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG. Diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
[b]Rev[/b]: GLORIA ROMANORVM / R.SECVNDA. Emperor holding labarum & dragging bound captive.
[b]Prov[/b]: Uncertain purchase, possibly N. Hochrein c. 2010-2013?; consigned (unsold), Ancient Roman Coin Auctions [Hochrein & R. Smits] Sale 1 or 2, 2013.
[b]Ref[/b]: RIC 15a - Subtype xb (no examples cited in OCRE [url=http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.9.rom.15A.xb][LINK][/url]); Sear 19444; Suarez, ERIC I --, ERIC II 427 (in gray, unable to verify existence of specimen, but see below); Kurth, Helvetica's RIC Tables [url=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dane/][LINK][/url] (“gloria-romanorum”), Type 15, Row 245; Esty Rev Type 5 [url=http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/type5.html][LINK][/url].
[b]Notes[/b]: Rare var. (the Gloria Romanorvm captive types even more so than the Secvritas w/ officinae spelled out). One example, same dies, in Coryssa (ebay 23 Jul 2016): [url]https://www.coryssa.org/2044529/[/url]; another illustrated (reportedly Valentinian I but no obv. shown, diff. rev. die): Saskatchewan Museum of Antiquities [url=https://exhibits.usask.ca/MintingAChristianState/items/show/18][LINK][/url]; Esty Coll. illustrates PRIMA & TERTIA for Valentinian, and SECVNDA for Valens [url=http://augustuscoins.com/ed/RomeOfficina/Officina.html#prima][LINK][/url].
[b]See also[/b]: Esty’s LRBC [i]Officinae[/i] page [url=http://augustuscoins.com/ed/RomeOfficina/Officina.html#prima][LINK][/url]:
“Spelling the officina number out in full (PRIMA, SECVNDA, TERTIA, QVARTA) was used only on coins minted at Rome, and only for three Roman emperors (Valentinian, Valens, and Gratian) and only on two types, GLORIA ROMANORVM and SECVRITAS REPVBLICAE, during the period 364-375 AD. […]
”The varieties with the officina number spelled out are scarce or rare. In each case, the number is preceded by an “R” for “Roma”, the mint city.”](albums/userpics/27154/normal_Valentinian_Captive_SECVNDA.png "Click to view full size image
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Emperor Dragging Captive: Valentinian AE3, R.SECVNDA
[b]Roman Imperial. Valentinian I AE3 Follis[/b] (17mm, 2.82g, 6), Rome mint, 2nd [i]officina[/i], c. 364-367 CE.
[b]Obv[/b]: DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG. Diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
[b]Rev[/b]: GLORIA ROMANORVM / R.SECVNDA. Emperor holding labarum & dragging bound captive.
[b]Prov[/b]: Uncertain purchase, possibly N. Hochrein c. 2010-2013?; consigned (unsold), Ancient Roman Coin Auctions [Hochrein & R. Smits] Sale 1 or 2, 2013.
[b]Ref[/b]: RIC 15a - Subtype xb (no examples cited in OCRE [url=http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.9.rom.15A.xb][LINK][/url]); Sear 19444; Suarez, ERIC I --, ERIC II 427 (in gray, unable to verify existence of specimen, but see below); Kurth, Helvetica's RIC Tables [url=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dane/][LINK][/url] (“gloria-romanorum”), Type 15, Row 245; Esty Rev Type 5 [url=http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/type5.html][LINK][/url].
[b]Notes[/b]: Rare var. (the Gloria Romanorvm captive types even more so than the Secvritas w/ officinae spelled out). One example, same dies, in Coryssa (ebay 23 Jul 2016): [url]https://www.coryssa.org/2044529/[/url]; another illustrated (reportedly Valentinian I but no obv. shown, diff. rev. die): Saskatchewan Museum of Antiquities [url=https://exhibits.usask.ca/MintingAChristianState/items/show/18][LINK][/url]; Esty Coll. illustrates PRIMA & TERTIA for Valentinian, and SECVNDA for Valens [url=http://augustuscoins.com/ed/RomeOfficina/Officina.html#prima][LINK][/url].
[b]See also[/b]: Esty’s LRBC [i]Officinae[/i] page [url=http://augustuscoins.com/ed/RomeOfficina/Officina.html#prima][LINK][/url]:
“Spelling the officina number out in full (PRIMA, SECVNDA, TERTIA, QVARTA) was used only on coins minted at Rome, and only for three Roman emperors (Valentinian, Valens, and Gratian) and only on two types, GLORIA ROMANORVM and SECVRITAS REPVBLICAE, during the period 364-375 AD. […]
”The varieties with the officina number spelled out are scarce or rare. In each case, the number is preceded by an “R” for “Roma”, the mint city.”")
