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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-LR0016
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Valentinian I; Mediolanum
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Milan
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  364-367
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.17
Weight (g):  4.48
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1438. A. H. Baldwin, December 1961.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, holding standard with Chi-Ro in r. hand and crowning Victory on orb in l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVG (our lord Valentinian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE (restorer of the Republic). Mint mark: MED (mint of Mediolanum).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 2a

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Mediolanum
Roman; Ostrogothic


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Whitting, Philip David
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1903
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