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Solidus - Valentinianus II CONCORDIA AVGGG, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 378-383 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Valentinian II was eleven years old when he was proclaimed Augustus in 375 AD, elevated by western troops after his father Valentinian I died of a stroke mid-sentence while shouting at Quadic ambassadors. The CONCORDIA AVGGG reverse — three Augusti in harmony — was a political fiction: the boy shared nominal authority with his half-brother Gratian and, after Adrianople in 378, with the newly appointed Theodosius I. That battle, which destroyed a Roman field army and killed the eastern emperor Valens outright, is the bracketing event that opens this issue's date range.
Constantinople's mint produced tightly controlled gold throughout this period. RIC IX 46d is a type B officina issue, distinguishable by its officina mark in the exergue.