Nummus - Valentinianus I RESTITVTOR REIP, Aquileia

Valentinian I took the western throne in 364 after being selected by the army following Jovian's sudden death — a soldier's emperor, blunt and effective, who spent his entire reign fortifying the Rhine frontier against Alamannic pressure. The RESTITVTOR REIP type was the standard proclamation coinage of the new Valentinianic dynasty, issued simultaneously across multiple mints to assert legitimacy quickly. Aquileia, positioned at the head of the Adriatic, served as a critical supply node for precisely the northern campaigns Valentinian was already planning.