Valentinian II. AD 375-392. AR Siliqua (16mm, 1.06 g, 12h). Aquileia mint. Struck AD 383-388. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma enthroned facing, head left, holding globe in right hand and inverted spear in left; AQPS. RIC IX 41a; P&Z 749; RSC 60†b. Iridescent toning, die flaws on the obverse. VF.
Ex CNG inventory 973791 (February 2014); 2010 Gussage All Saints Hoard (PAS Ref. DOR-A1CCB1; NC 171 [2011], no. 54).
Found on land belonging to the parish of Gussage All Saints in Dorset, England on 10 May 2010, the Gussage All Saints Hoard comprised 9 miliarenses and 653 siliquae packed in an earthenware flagon. The hoard ranges from Julian II to Honorius and was probably deposited around AD 410, when Roman rule in Britain was crumbling, leaving the province to defend itself from increasing Germanic and Irish attacks. In accordance with U.K. Treasure Laws, the hoard was taken intact to the British Museum, where the coins were cleaned and catalogued.