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ID number: BIRBI-LR0037 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Valens; Treveri Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Late Roman Date made: 367-375 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.77 Weight (g): 1.94 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 2063. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valens, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma enthroned holding crowning Victory on orb in r. hand and spear in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N XAL□N N V P ΛVC (our lord Valens pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: XRBS ROMA (the city of Rome). Mint mark: TRPS· (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC IX 27e
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