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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.

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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