Type 37AE3.  GLORIA REIPVBLICE
Camp gate
Obverse with consular bust left.  [The reverse is the same as type 38, but the flan is a bit larger.]
385  [DO, dated 385 because of the consular bust. p. 108]

[no photo]
 
mint RIC V2 T A
Thess 59 S S S
Only at Thessalonica.
RIC photo:  V2-X.13.
RIC 384-388. "After the resoration of the mint to Valentinian II," p. 184. There had been a "Temporary occupation of the mint by Theodosius: ?c. 25 Aug. A.D. 383 - ?c. autumn of A.D. 384." p. 183.

RIC p. xxxiv "year of Theodosius's consulship and decennial commemoration."
"refuge of Valentinian II in Thessalonica from Maximus for a few months" Pierce, NC 1934, p. 121.

DO:  For Arcadius, 1 consular piece (AE3, this type) and 2 normal busts (AE4, type 38). Table 18, "Western Coinages, 383-388," page 108. "385".

Cayon V2-61 (1 photo). T--, A--.
Hunter --
Ratto photos, Arcadius 68.

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