Category: Solidus.
Material: pure gold.
Diameter: 2 cm.
Weight: 4.4 to 4.5 grams.
Obverse: bust of Valentinian I wearing a diadem.
Reverse: the emperor standing holdind a labarum with his right hand and Nike on globe with his left.
Inscriptions: obverse DN VALENTINI-ANVS PF AVG (Our Lord Valentinian Pius Fortunate August), reverse RESITITVTOR REIPVBLICAE (Restorer of the Republic).
Era: 364-375 CE.
Provenance: unknown.
Photo credit: Nicholas Randall.
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
Highlights of the National Museum of Damascus. DGAM (Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées de Syrie). Ministère de la Culture, 2006.
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