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ID number: BIRBI-LR0036 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: 367-375 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.09 Weight (g): 4.47 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1057. A. H. Baldwin, 7th of December 1964. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valens, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two emperors, draped, enthroned holding both a single globe with r. hand, behind them a Victory, between their feet a palm branch.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VALENS P F AVG (our lord Valens pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTOR IA AVGC (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: TROBT (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC IX 17e
Notes: Coins split along circumference to right of reverse.
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