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Siliqua - Valentinianus II VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Treveri
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Treveri |
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| Year | 388-392 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valentinianus II facing right, wearing a pearl diadem with pendants visible at the neck. The emperor is depicted in military attire with paludamentum fastened at the shoulder. The surrounding Latin legend reads D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, distributed around the periphery of the flan. The portrait displays the characteristic late Roman imperial style with fine engraving of the facial features and drapery folds. The flan is slightly irregular, as typical of hammered silver coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG (Translation: Our Lord Valentinianus, Pious and Happy Augustus) |
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Valentinian II's siliquae from Treveri (modern Trier) were struck during one of the most politically unstable stretches of the late Western Empire. By 388, the young emperor had already been expelled from Italy by Magnus Maximus and restored only through Theodosius I's military intervention. The Trier mint, one of the most productive in the West, continued striking silver through this period despite the city having served as Maximus's own capital just months prior.
Valentinian II died at Vienne in 392 under circumstances still debated — officially suicide, though contemporaries suspected his general Arbogast.