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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-LR0071 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Beirut 1958 Hoard Maker: Valens; Nicomedia Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Late Roman Date made: 364-367 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.11 Weight (g): 4.05 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1347. A. H. Baldwin, 3rd of February 1964. From Beirut, 1958. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valens, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, diademed, with standard with Chi-Ro in r. hand and crowning Victory on globe in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VALENS P F AVG (our lord Valens pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE (restorer of the Republic). Mint mark: SMNS (mint of Nicomedia). Bibliography: RIC IX 2d Notes: Graffito of a X in obverse r. field and of an A in reverse l. field. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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