MK-A | Vetranio 350 n. Chr.

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Vetranio 350 n. Chr.
	Augsburg, Lehrstuhl für Alte Geschichte der Universität Tresor
Inventory no	0054
Obverse	D N VETRANIO P F AVG [DOMINVS NOSTER = PIVS FELIX AVGVSTVS]. Bekränzte, gerüstete Büste des Vetranio, nach r.; im Perlkreis.
Reverse	CONCORDIA MILITVM. Vetranio stehend frontal, Kopf nach l., in Feldherrnrüstung, zwei vexilla mit Christogramm haltend; A und B als Beizeichen; im Perlkreis.
Sitter	Vetranio
Class/status	Ancient Ruler's issue , Province
Authority	Vetranio
Date	350 n. Chr. Roman Imperial period
Denomination	Billon-Trachy Billon-Trachy A Byzantine billon denomination, of the reform of Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118), concave, 1/48 Hyperpyron, with ca. 6-7% silver, but it will soon degrade to 2.5-3%, 1/128 of Hyperpyron. Further debasement to 2-3% silver, value drops to 1/184 Hyperpyron. Production will stop under Alexios III (1195-1203). It was also produced during the divided empire in Nicaea, Epirus, Thessalonica. Such concave copper trachea were also called Stamena according to the Florentine 14th century merchant Francesco Balducci Pegolotti. Compare DOC V-1 (1999) pp. 28, 32.
	Bronze ; 5,88 g; 23 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Thessalonica
Region	Macedonia
Country	Greece
Publications	RIC VIII Thessalonica 131.
Web Portals	http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.8.thes.131
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Roman Imperial period
Object number	ID55
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