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Solidus of Valens, Antioch
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Obverse: Bust of Valens r., draped, cuirassed, with rosette diadem.
Reverse: Roma and Constantinopolis, both helmeted, together holding shield inscribed VOT/X/MVL/XX in four lines. Above shield, christogram. Constantinopolis rests her foot on a prow. In exergue, AN OB Δ.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Title: Solidus of Valens, Antioch
Description:
Obverse: Bust of Valens r.
, draped, cuirassed, with rosette diadem.
Reverse: Roma and Constantinopolis, both helmeted, together holding shield inscribed VOT/X/MVL/XX in four lines.
Above shield, christogram.
Constantinopolis rests her foot on a prow.
In exergue, AN OB Δ.
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