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ID number: BIRBI-LR0135 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Valentinian II; Treveri Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Late Roman Date made: 379-383 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.26 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1067. A. H. Baldwin, December 1961, possibly ex Gantz Collection, bought before 1945. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two emperors, draped, enthroned, both holding an orb with their r. hand, between them a cross, between their feet a palm branch, behind them a Victory.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VALENTINIANVS IVN P F AVC (our lord Valentinian the Younger pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTOR IA AVGG (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: TROBT (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC IX 49c
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