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ID number: BIRBI-LR0033 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Valens; Treveri Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Late Roman Date made: 364-367 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.18 Weight (g): 4.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1062. A. H. Baldwin. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valens, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with Chi-Ro in r. hand and crowning Victory on orb in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VHLEN S P F AVG (our lord Valens pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: RESΓITVTOR RE…VBLICAE (restorer of the Republic). Mint mark: TR[star] (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC IX 1c
Notes: Large die flow over reverse inscription on right.
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