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ID number: BIRBI-LR0077 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Valens; Antioch Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Late Roman Date made: 367-375 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.18 Weight (g): 4.23 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1098. A. H. Baldwin, February 1962, from a wartime sale. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valens, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory seated on shield and cuirass pointing inscribed shield while sustained over l. knee, in front of her a Chi-Ro.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VALENS PER P ΛVG (our lord Valens eternal fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: ANOB Z (Antiochia 7).
Bibliography: RIC IX 22c
Notes: Graffito of an E in obverse portrait.
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