Maiorina - Valentinianus II VIRTVS EXERCITI, Nicomedia

Valentinian II was barely twelve years old when proclaimed Augustus in 375 AD, and his western court at Milan remained dominated throughout his reign by the generalissimo Arbogast. The VIRTVS EXERCITI type issued from Nicomedia during 383–388 reflects an eastern mint's continued loyalty to a boy-emperor whose actual military authority was almost entirely nominal — the legend a political statement more than a factual one.

Nicomedia's mint, designated NIC in the exergue, was one of Diocletian's foundations and remained a prolific eastern production center through the Theodosian period.