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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0168
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Theodosius I; Treveri
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  379-383
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.15
Weight (g):  4.49
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 670. A. H. Baldwin, September 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two emperors, draped, enthroned, both holding an orb with their r. hand, between them a cross, between their feet a palm branch, behind them a Victory.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N THEODO SIVS P F AVG (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTOR IA AVGG (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: TROBC (mint of Treveri).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 50

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Theodosius I
Roman

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Treveri
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