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ID number: BIRBI-LR0145 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valentinian II; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Late Roman Date made: 375-378 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.77 Weight (g): 1.46 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2881. Clement Platt, Paris, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory with laurel wreath in r. hand and palm in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: P N VALENTINIA NVS IVN P F AVG (our lord Valentinian the Younger pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SNCVRITAS REIPVBLICAE (security of the Republic). Mint mark: SMAQP (mint of Aquileia).
Bibliography: RIC IX 18c
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