Siliqua of Valentinian II

Damon Barton said this Roman silver coin was found in Suffolk. It came in to me with a request for an ID and a valuation.

The coin is a siliqua of Valentinian II, whose dates are AD 375 to 392. On the obverse is a bust of the emperor and on this side the legend reads D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG. On the reverse is the seated figure of Roma, holding in one hand a globe, upon which is the figure of Victory, a downward-pointing spear in the other hand and on this side the legend reads VIRTVS ROMANORVM. Beneath Roma are the mint letters (PMTR) for Trier.

Coins of this type were struck between AD 388 and 392. They are listed in volume V of David Sear’s Roman Coins and Their Values as number 20243.

Valuation

There is some discolouration to this silique, small edge chips at the top of the obverse and there is a crack in the flan. It has a number of minus points but the obverse would grade VF, the reverse about VF. In its present condition my price range would be £30-40.

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