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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-LR0030
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Valentinian I; Antioch
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Eurasia: Antioch
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  364-367
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.16
Weight (g):  4.24
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 876. A. H. Baldwin, March, 1960.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with cross in r. hand and crowning Victory on orb in l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVC (our lord Valentinian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: HESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE (restorer of the Republic). Mint mark: ANT Z (Antiochia 7).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 2a

Notes:  Obverse graffitoed with block monograms in l. field. Reverse graffitoed in l. and r. fields.

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