Coin, Roman, bronze, excavated at Lankhills School, Winchester, Hampshire, issued by Valentinian I, 364 to 375.

Coin, Roman, bronze, excavated at Lankhills School, Winchester, Hampshire, issued by Valentinian I, 364 to 375.

'Follis' of the emperor Valentinian I

Roman, AD364-375

From an archaeological excavation at Lankhills, Winchester, Hampshire

Some Christian coin types are known, since most of the emperors after Constantine I were Christians. These display the chi-rho (the first two letters of Christ in Greek). This example is of a type produced between AD364-378 that portrays the emperor holding a standard marked with a chi-rho and dragging a captive behind him. The legend reads GLORIA ROMANORUM - 'the Glory of Rome' . The coin bears the mint mark SMAQP showing it to have been struck at Aquileia in modern Veneto, Italy.

Coin, Roman, bronze, excavated at Lankhills School, Winchester, Hampshire, issued by Valentinian I, 364 to 375.
Coin, Roman, bronze, excavated at Lankhills School, Winchester, Hampshire, issued by Valentinian I, 364 to 375.