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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0544
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Valentinian III; Rome
Denomination:  Tremissis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  455
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.40
Weight (g):  1.44
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1094. A. H. Baldwin, February 1962, from a wartime sale.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Valentinian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: cross surrounded by laurel wreath.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AC (our lord Placidus Valentinian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: no inscription. Mint mark: COMOB (mint of Roma).

Bibliography:  RIC X 2072

3 Related People

Valentinian III
Roman
419
455
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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