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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-LR0066 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Beirut 1958 Hoard Maker: Valens; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 367-375 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1346. A. H. Baldwin, 3rd of February 1964. From Beirut, 1958. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valens, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, diademed, with standard with cross in r. hand and crowning Victory on globe in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VALENS P F HVC (our lord Valens pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE (restorer of the Republic). Mint mark: [star]CONS[downturned crescent] (mint of Constantinopolis). Bibliography: RIC IX 25b var. Notes: Graffito of a Z in obverse r. field. Standard in reverse has cross instead of Chi-Ro. |
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| Beirut 1958 Hoard | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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