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Follis - Valentinianus II VOT X MVLT XX
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 380 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valentinian II facing right, portrayed as a youthful emperor with pearl diadem. The effigy displays characteristic late Roman imperial portraiture with detailed drapery folds over the cuirass visible at the shoulder. The circumferential Latin legend D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG (Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus) runs around the entire obverse field. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG |
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Valentinian II was twelve years old when this coin was struck — elevated to co-emperor in 375 by his father Valentinian I's army, largely to prevent Gratian from holding sole western rule. The VOT X MVLT XX votive legend marks a tenth-anniversary prayer fulfilled and a twentieth anticipated, a routine imperial formula that in this case outlasted all political reality: Valentinian II never reached the twentieth year of his reign, dying in 392 under circumstances that strongly suggest murder by his Frankish general Arbogast.