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COINAGE AND CURRENCY IN ROMAN BRITAIN. 485
great general into Londinium Augusta. The coin
of Gratian was probably struck at the same date as
that recording the Quinquemialia of his father, and
on the same auspicious occasion in A.D. 368, though
as a matter of fact little more than a year had passed
since his elevation to the dignity of Augustus. 78 A
close parallel to this is presented by the aureus struck
conjointly by Gratian and Valens in A.D. 376 to commemorate
the proclamation of the infant Valentiniaii II,
and on which he is credited with Quinquennalia Vota. 79
Gratian himself, who reigned sixteen years, has coins
bearing the inscriptions VOT. XX MVLT. XXX. 80
Valens. who reigned less than fifteen years, celebrates
his Vicennalia Vota in the same way. The two earlier
Vota (V and X) of Valentiniaii I and Valens, however,
seem, as we shall see, to have been celebrated at their
proper seasons.
It further appears that silver coins of the same large
module were struck by both Valentinian I and Valens
at the London mint at the time of their Decennalia.
The types are as follows :
VALENTIXIAN I.
Olr.D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVC Diademed
bust to r., wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Kev.VOT\S X MVLTIS XV in laurel crown.
In ex. "SMLAP". (This is Cohen's reading 81
78 Cf. Clinton, Fasti Eomani, i, p. 468.
79 I may refer to ray observations on this coin in Num. Chron.,
1910, pp. 108, 109.
?0 Cohen, op. cit., viii, p. 135, No. 77, who also cites a small bronze
piece in Si'gnor Gnecchi's Collection with the inscription VOT.
XX MVLT. XXX.
81 Cohen, viii, p. 99, No. 80, refers to this com as in M. Kollm s
possession.
No weight is given.