RIC IX Antioch 16D: Subtype 3
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IX Antioch 16D: Subtype 3. Denomination: Solidus. Authority: Valens. Mint: Antioch, Syria. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Denomination
- Solidus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Antioch, Syria
- Authority
- Valens
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Valens, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right
- Reverse
- Roma, helmeted and Constantinopolis, turreted, seated on throne, Roma facing, Constantinopolis turning head towards right, each holding sceptre and both together shield inscribed VOT/X/MVL/XX; Constantinopolis resting right foot on prow
- Obverse legend
- D N VALENS-PER AVG
- Reverse legend
- GLORIA-R☧O-MANORVM
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.9.anch.16D.3
Research required
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