Roman Imperial. Valentinian I AE3 Follis (17mm, 2.82g, 6), Rome mint, 2nd officina, struck c. 364-367 CE.
Obv: DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG. Diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM / R.SECVNDA. Emperor holding labarum & dragging bound captive.
Ref: RIC 15a, type x(b); Sear 19444; Kurth, Helvetica’s RIC Tables (“gloria-romanorum.xls”), Type 15, Row 245; Esty Rev Type 5.
Notes: Rare var. (the Gloria Romanorvm captive types even more so than the Secvritas w/ officinae spelled out). Another SECVNDA example at Saskatchewan Museum of Antiquities.
See also Esty’s LRBC Officinae page:
“Spelling the officina number out in full (PRIMA, SECVNDA, TERTIA, QVARTA) was used only on coins minted at Rome, and only for three Roman emperors (Valentinian, Valens, and Gratian) and only on two types, GLORIA ROMANORVM and SECVRITAS REPVBLICAE, during the period 364-375 AD. […]
”The varieties with the officina number spelled out are scarce or rare. In each case, the number is preceded by an “R” for “Roma”, the mint city.”
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