Follis - Valentinianus II CONCORDIA AVGGG, Aquileia

Valentinian II was barely eight years old when elevated to Augustus in 375 AD, a purely dynastic maneuver by the western army following the sudden death of his father Valentinian I. The Aquileia mint, one of the most productive western facilities of the late fourth century, struck this issue during the years when real power lay with the general Gratian and, in the east, Theodosius I — the three emperors whose joint rule the CONCORDIA AVGGG legend nominally celebrated. The harmony it advertised was largely fictitious.