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ID number: BIRBI-LR0137 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valentinian II; Treveri Denomination: Miliarense Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Late Roman Date made: 388-392 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.33 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 297. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard in r. hand and shield in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVG (our lord Valentinian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS EXERCITVS (virtue of the army). Mint mark: TRPS (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC IX 93a
Notes: Exhibited at the Royal Numismatic Society in November 1920.
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