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Type 5: AE3. GLORIA ROMANORVM
Emperor right drags captive and holds labarum
364-388 [RIC also lists it in the period 388-392 at Trier]

Struck for Valentinian, Valens, Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius, and Arcadius.
This type is very common, except for Arcadius.

Valentinian, Siscia
18 mm. 2.57 grams.
RIC Siscia 14a "367-365"

[Images below.]

RIC photos: V-IV.17 (Lug), V-III.6 (Tr), A-III.19 (Tr), A-VIII.17 (Rome, R4), G-XIV.5 (Ant, R4), G-XV.12 (Con).

Occasionally at Rome the officina number is spelled out: PRIMA, SECVNDA, TERTIA, QVARTA, each preceded by a "R" for Rome.
For a web page emphasizing this numbering system, see my page "Officina numbers on late Roman coins."

Pierce, NC 1948, gives hoard numbers for this type and for SECVRITAS REPVBLICAE. "These four hoards contain over 8,000 coins of our twin types to 37 of the preceding RESTITVTOR REIP." p. 70. And, that was in 1948, long before the flood of coins out of the Balkans beginning in 1990 in which this type is very common.

Cayon V-98-99 (5 photos, 4 Sis, 1 Aq). Vn-112-113 (4 photos, 2 Sis, Aq, Th). G-70 (4 photos, 3 Sis, 1 Aq). V2-63-64 (2 photos, both Aq). T-60 (1 photo, Aq). A-47 (3 photos, Aq, Sis, Th).

Hunter V-78.12 (Lug), V-78.34 (Aq), V-78.38-42 (Sis), Vn-80.18 (Ar), Vn-80.35 (Aq), Vn-80.42 (Sis), Vn-80.48 (Th), G-82.33 (Aq), G-82.41-42 (Sis), T-85.23 (Aq).

DO has 3 for Arcadius, Table 16, "Western Coinages," page 104, and none in Table 23, "Gallic Mints," page 116.

mint	*RIC*	V	Vn	G	V2	T	A
Tr	5,30,96	S,R;S	S;S	-;S	-;-;5	-;-;4	-;-;4
Lug	10,20	C3;C3	R;R	-;C2
Ar	7,16,18	C,S,S;C	C;C;S	-;-;S	-;-;R
Aq	7,11,17,45	C;C;S	C;C;S	-;S;S	-;-;R,C;C	-;-;-;C	-;-;-;C
Rome	15,23,27,55	R;C	R;C2;C	-;R;S	-;-;R;R	-;-;-;R2	-;-;-;R3,R4
Sis	5,14,21,38	C;C2	C;C;R	-;C,R;R	-;-;R;C	-;-;-;C	-;-;-;C
Sir	4	R	R2
Thes	16,26,31,60	C;S	C;C;C	-;S;?;	-;-;?;R2	-;-;-;S,R	-;-;-;S
Her	3,9	R;R	S,S;S	-;R
Con	16,41	S;R	S,S;S	-;R2,R
Cyz	8,12	S;?	C;?	-;R
Nic	9,23	R;-	S,S;S	-;R
Ant	10,35	S;?	C3,3;?	-;4
Ale	1,4	S;?	S;?	-;-;
mint	*RIC*	V	Vn	G	V2	T	A

Possible typo in RIC, p. 301-2: For Alexandria, RIC 15 is listed "as no. 4" and then "as no. 5" but under "AE II." I think it must really be "as no. 6" both times, referring to the emperor on galley type.
"?" in the table refers to issues that are not given a separate rarity listing (usually because they are not distinguishable from the previous issue).

Tr 96 is from the period 388-392 for Valentinian II, Theodosius, and Arcadius.

Type 5 images: AE3. GLORIA ROMANORVM
Emperor right drags captive and holds labarum
364-388 [RIC also lists it in the period 388-392 at Trier]

Skip down to Valens, Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius, or Arcadius.

Valentinian (364-375):

TERTIA

17 mm. 12:00. 2.24 grams.
Rome 23a (= 15a)
R TERTIA

Overstrike on a FEL TEMP REPARATIO

18 mm. 12:00. 2.29 grams.
A Valentinian I portrait with his legend ...TINI - ANVS PF AVG from 10:00-4:30 on the obverse
and GLOR RO - 7:00 - 10:00 on the reverse, with CONSA in exergue
overstruck on a FEL TEMP REPARATIO type of Constantius II with
TIVS PF AVG visible 7:00-10:00 on the obverse and
ARATIO 2:00-4:30 on the reverse.
The portrait of Constantius II has been obliterated, but some of the "solder spearing fallen horseman" is visible, including a leg near "TIO" and the spear.
Is this a very weakly struck official coin, or an imitation struck over a demonetized FTR type? The lettering is good enough to be official, but the overall quality is very far below the official standard for this type.

Valens (364-378)

19 mm. 6:00. 2.69 grams.
RIC Rome 23b [=15b also]
mm: RSECVNDA

18 mm. 1:00. 2.93 grams.
RIC Siscia 5b iv
[similar to 14b, but mm has nothing in the field]
mm: ΔBSISC

Siscia

19 mm. 2.27 grams.
RIC Siscia 5b
[similar to 14b, but mm has nothing in the field]
mm: <dot>BSISC

Siscia

18 mm. 12:00. 2.22 grams.
RIC Siscia 5b
[similar to 14b, but mm has nothing in the field]
mm: <dot>BSISC

Arelate

18 mm. 6:00. 2.30 grams.
RIC Arelate 17b with mm: xivb
mm: TCON

17 mm. 5:00. 2.30 grams.
RIC Antioch 10b
mm: ANTS