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ID number: BIRBI-LR0165 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valentinian II; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383-392 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.35 Weight (g): 1.62 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1758. W. S. Lincoln, 1933. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory holding tropy in r. hand and dragging captive with l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VALENTINIΠ□… -VC (our lord Valentinian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SΛLVD… IPVBLICΛE (health of the Republic). Mint mark: ANT Δ (Antiochia 1).
Bibliography: RIC IX 67a var.
Notes: Reverse inscription reads RE IPVBLICAE instead of REI PVBLICAE.
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