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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-LR0540 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Valentinian III; Ravenna Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Late Roman Date made: 426-430 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.36 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 521. October 1955, ex Saram Collection, found in Ceylon. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, stepping on human-headed serpent, with cruciform sceptre in r. hand and crowning Victory on orb in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: D H PLΛ VALENTI NIANVS P F ΛVV (our lord Placidus Valentinianus pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI Λ AVGGG (Victory of the three Augusti). Mint mark: COMOB (mint of Ravenna). Bibliography: RIC X 2011
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Ravenna Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Valentinian III Roman 419 455 | |
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