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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-LR0069 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Valens; Constantinople Denomination: 1.5 Scripulum Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 367-375 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.73 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1044. A. H. Baldwin, December 1961, possibly ex Gantz Collection, 1943. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valens, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory seated in front of genius, both holding inscribed shield. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VALENS P F AVC (our lord Valens pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VOT / V / MVLT / X (prayers for 5 years of rule, more for the 10th anniversary). Peripheral: VVGTORIH HVC (Victory of the Augustus). Mint mark: [star]CONS[laurel wreath] (mint of Constantinopolis). Bibliography: RIC IX 30b
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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