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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0143
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Valentinian II; Rome
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  378-383
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.38
Weight (g):  4.85
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3549. A. H. Baldwin, 1960.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with crowning Victory on orb in l. hand raising kneeling radiate figure with r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N VΛLCNTINIΛNVS IVN P F ΛVC (our lord Valentinian the Younger pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: R□PΛRΛTIO RVIYIB (re-establishment of the Republic). Mint mark: SMΠT (mint of Roma).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 43b

2 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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