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ID number: BIRBI-LR0169 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: 388-392 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.17 Weight (g): 4.48 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 37. A. H. Baldwin, February 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two emperors, draped, nimbate, enthroned, both holding an orb with their r. hand and r. one holding mappa with l. hand, between them a cross, between their feet a palm branch, behind them a Victory.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N THEODO SIVS P F AVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTOR IA AVCC (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: COM (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC IX 90b var.
Notes: Reverse Emperor in r. field seems to hold mappa.
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