Type 11: AE3. FELICITAS ROMANORVM
Victory advancing left with wreath and palm. [The type of
SECVRITAS REPVBLICAE (type 6)
but the legend FELICITAS ROMANORVM.]
Obverse bust can be right or left.
Image courtesy of John
Matsusaka.
Valentinian II or I (see comments below)
| mint |
RIC |
Vn |
G |
V2 |
| Aq |
16 |
5 |
3,4 |
5 |
Only Aquileia.
RIC photos: G-VII.11 (bust right), G-VII.10 (bust left).
RIC is unclear whether the unique coin with "DN VALENTINIANVS PF
AVG" legend is of the first or second Valentinian. It is listed under a
time
period of the second, but with a special legend more appropriate for
the
first. It is "R5" and without a photo. The arrangment is not certain.
[The bust left type is] "outside the mainstream of currency coinage
and marks some special issue." RIC p. xxxiv
Cayon Vn 111 (0), G-68 (0), V2-60 (0).
Hunter 78.36 (the legend on the left is missing and on the right
is very worn -- uncertain. Type 6 is issued from Aquileia so the
mintmark
alone is insufficient to tell.)
See also LRBC plate II.100
Valens
18 mm. 2.01 grams
Reverse legend flat at "FE" of FELICITAS
and mintmark extremely weak.
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