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ID number: BIRBI-LR0151 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valentinian II; Heraclea Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Marmara Ereğlisi Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383-388 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.32 Weight (g): 5.51 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 31. W. S. Lincoln, 1916. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with Chi-Ro in r. hand and orb in l. hand stepping on captive.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVC (our lord Valentinian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS □ XERCITI (virtue of the army). Mint mark: ·SHH B (Heraclea 2).
Bibliography: RIC IX 24a
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