BI 4.89g, 22mm, 6h
Alexandria, 378-383 CE
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / REPARATIO REIPVB, emperor, holding Victory on globe, standing facing, raising kneeling female; ALEB in exergue
RIC IX 8b.
Ex Roma 2020
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371 CE
Birth of Valentinian II to Justina and Valentinian I.
375 CE
November 22
November 22
Valentinian II, the half brother of Gratian, is proclaimed as Augustus. Gratian accepts the co-emperor.
384 CE
Magnus Maximus is recognized as the augustus in the West by Valentinian II and Theodosius I.
384 CE
July
July
Theodosius meets Valentinian II in northern Italy.
387 CE
Valentinian II escapes from Magnus Maximus to Theodosius I in the east.
387 CE
Theodosius I marries Galla, the sister of Valentinian II.
391 CE
Theodosius leaves his general Arbogast as head of the military for Valentinian II.
392 CE
May 15
May 15
Valentinian II dies in Vienna, either by suicide or by Arbogast.