Coin Tells Story of Late Roman Empire: Valentinian III, Honoria, Attila, Petronius, Licinia, and Gaiseric (original) (raw)

Coin Tells Story of Late Roman Empire: Valentinian III, Honoria, Attila, Petronius, Licinia, and Gaiseric An unusual small bronze coin or nummus is presented and evaluated. The coin may be a Vandalic imitation of a type issued at Rome for Emperor Valentinian III after AD 434. As such, the coin appears to have interesting connections to historical events that involved Valentinian and several others of high rank. They include his successor Petronius Maximus, the Vandal king Gaiseric, and Licinia Eudoxia who was married to the two emperors and then taken to Carthage, spending seven years with the king. The portrait on the coin could be generic or could represent a ruler such as one of those in the coin’s story.