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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0160
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Valentinian II; Nicomedia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Izmit
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  383-388
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.32
Weight (g):  5.17
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 2938. A. H. Baldwin, 1953. Ex Rev. Sydenham Collection.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed, helmeted, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand. Reverse: Emperor on ship raising r. hand, behind him a Victory.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N VALENTINIΔNVS P P AVG (our lord Valentinian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIA RO NANORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: SMN A (Nicomedia 1).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 40a

1 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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