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Nummus - Valentinianus I SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Rome
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 364-367 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Victory advances to the left, depicted in full figure, holding a laurel wreath extended in her right hand and a palm frond over her left shoulder, emblems of imperial triumph and divine favour. The reverse legend SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICAE is displayed in two segments flanking the central figure. The exergue contains the mintmark of the Rome mint, identifying the officina and subtype, rendered in Latin characters. The style is consistent with late Roman Constantinian-era reverse conventions, with Victory rendered in a fluid, striding pose. |
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Valentinian I came to power in 364 through a soldier's acclamation at Nicaea, immediately splitting the empire with his brother Valens — a division that would never be reversed. The SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE type belongs to the early years of his western reign, when the court at Milan was scrambling to stabilize frontiers pressed hard by Alamannic incursions across the upper Rhine. The Rome mint's output during this window was secondary in volume to the more active Siscia and Lugdunum workshops.
RIC IX 17A places this among the officina-marked issues traceable to specific workshop sequences at the Rome mint.