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Numismatics

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.
BIRBI-LR0167.jpg

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.

2 Related People

Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Lugdunum
Roman


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