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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-LR0072 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Valens; Nicomedia Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Late Roman Date made: 364-367 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.27 Weight (g): 4.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1061. A. H. Baldwin, December 1961, possibly ex Gantz Collection, 1943. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valens, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, diademed, with standard with Chi-Ro in r. hand and crowning Victory on globe in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VALENS P F AVC (our lord Valens pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE (restorer of the Republic). Mint mark: SMNI (mint of Nicomedia). Bibliography: RIC IX 2d Notes: Graffiti in reverse of a cross in l. field and a block monogram in r. field. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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