Tiny Roman coin [solved]

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I have this tiny Roman coin that I have only been able to identify partially:



Diameter: ~ 10.8 mm
Thickness: ~ 1.85 mm
Weight: 1.27 g

From the diadem I've managed to narrow this down to the late 300s and early 400s, but there are many similar matches in this range. Just on Numista, I have isolated these possibilities:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces122637.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces209438.html

I know from Wildwinds.com and a few other sites that there are other similar coins not yet listed on Numista.

Can any of the Roman coin experts here help me to get a more specific identification?

Thanks very much in advance!

Andrew
As you said, there is a number of emperors that used vot x mvlt xx reverse. The name of the emperor is on the obverse and is unreadable on your coin however I can read PF AVG at the end of it, unfortunately that doesn't help much. The mint mark is on the reverse and is, again, unreadable. Judging from the portrait alone I'd rule out Julian II and I think it's a young emperor but that still leaves a wide range of emperors to choose from. Unfortunately I don't think this coin can be correctly identified, best you could do is take a guess from the emperors on this list: http://search.freefind.com/find.html?pageid=r&id=8253575&query=vot+x+mvlt+xx&ics=1&fr=20
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Thank you! Your advice is appreciated very much.

From the portrait and the split obverse legend, it looks like the emperor is most likely Gratian. Without the mintmark, that is as close as I will ever get.
Status changed to Solved (andrewdotcoza, 4 May 2021, 11:05)

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