1388.  VALENTINIAN II . 375-392 AD.  Æ 18mm  (4.24 gm). Struck  384-389 AD.
Thessalonica mint.  Bust left,  wearing imperial mantle,  holding mappa and
sceptre / Camp gate, christogram; A/TES. RIC IX 59a; LRBC -. EF. ($750)

The occasion for this rare consular issue is not certain. It could
commemorate the appointment in 385 AD of Arcadius to his first consulship
at the age of eight or have been struck during the unsettled political
situation later in the decade.


CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 1388.
 
 Lot sold for $550.


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