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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-LR0153 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Valentinian II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 378-383 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.06 Weight (g): 4.42 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1440. Sotheby, 1st of February 1965. |
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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 VHLENTINI RNVS P F HVG (our lord Valentinian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: GONGOR DIH HVGGG I (concord of the three Augusti). Mint mark: CONO B (Constantinopolis 2). Bibliography: RIC IX 45b var. Notes: Graffiti in obverse r. field of X and XA. Last letter of reverse inscription is reverse Z instead of B or S. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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