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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0057
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Valens; Aquileia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Aquileia
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  375-378
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.77
Weight (g):  1.99
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1317.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Valens, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory with laurel wreath in r. hand and palm in l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N VALEN S P F AVG (our lord Valsn pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICHE (security of the Republic). Mint mark: illegible.

Bibliography:  RIC IX 18a

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Aquileia



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