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ID number: BIRBI-LR0031 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Beirut 1958 Hoard Maker: Valentinian I; Antioch Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Late Roman Date made: 364-367 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.14 Weight (g): 4.40 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 1342. A. H. Baldwin, 3rd of February 1964. From Beirut, 1958. |
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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: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE (restorer of the Republic). Mint mark: ANT H [star] (Antiochia 8).
Bibliography: RIC IX 2b
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