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ID number: BIRBI-LR0541 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valentinian III; Ravenna Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Late Roman Date made: 426-430 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3002. B. A. Seaby, 1955, purchased out of the presentation made by the Lux in Tenebris lodge. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, stepping on human-headed serpent, with cruciform sceptre in r. hand and crowning Victory on orb in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N PLΛ VΛLENTI HIΠHYS P I ΠVC (our lord Placidus Valeninianus pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI Λ ΛVGGG (Victory of the three Augusti). Mint mark: COMOB (mint of Ravenna).
Bibliography: RIC X 2011
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