RIC IX Arelate 18A, AE3, Bronze, struck at Arelate, 375–378 AD. Obverse: bust of valens, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right. Reverse: emperor with right hand dragging captive right, and holding labarum in left. Weight about 2.3 g, diameter 18.0 mm.
obverse
Bust of Valens, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right
D N VALEN-S P F AVG
reverse
Emperor with right hand dragging captive right, and holding labarum in left
GLORIA-RO-MANORVM
specimens (21)
British Museum
2.29g
British Museum (RIC IX)
British Museum
2.47g
British Museum (RIC IX)
British Museum
1.97g
British Museum (RIC IX)
British Museum
2.38g
British Museum (RIC IX)
British Museum (RIC IX)
British Museum
2.71g
British Museum (RIC IX)
British Museum
2.25g
British Museum
2.89g
British Museum (RIC IX)
British Museum (RIC IX)
British Museum
2.06g
British Museum
2.22g
British Museum (RIC IX)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
2.33g
⌀18.0
6↕
British Museum (RIC IX)
British Museum
2.14g
Cite this coin
RIC IX Arelate 18A (ric.9.ar.18A), 375–378 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-ix-arelate-18a/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA