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Numismatics

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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Treveri
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Whitting, Philip David
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