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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
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