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ID number: BIRBI-LR0167 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valentinian II; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Late Roman Date made: 378-383 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.8 Weight (g): 2.53 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3592. A. H. Baldwin, 1960. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma, enthroned, with orb in r. hand and spear in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VALENTINIΔVS P F AVC (our lord Valentinian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: .ONCOH DIH □I□… (concord of the three Augusti). Mint mark: LVCS (mint of Lugdunum).
Bibliography: RIC IX 29a var.
Notes: Obverse inscription lacks expected IVN.
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