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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0155
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Valentinian II; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  383-388
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.07
Weight (g):  4.46
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3720. Spink, 1961.
BIRBI-LR0155.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Constantinopolis, enthroned, with sceptre in r. hand and orb in l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVC (our lord Valentinian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CONCOADI A AVCCC E (concord of the three Augusti). Mint mark: CONO B (Constantinopolis 2).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 69b

2 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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