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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8232049, member: 110350&quot;]No write-up yet, but it&#039;s my only Valentinian I (and my third solidus overall), so here&#039;s a preview. RIC IX Antioch 2b (var. unlisted), Sear RCV V 19267 (3rd Officina), Depeyrot II 23/1 (p. 281). AD 365. 21.2 mm., 4.44 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447368[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There must be 30+ different variants of this type of Valentinian I solidus for the Antioch mint alone, depending not only on the officina number but on whether Valentinian&#039;s bust is rosette-diademed like this coin or pearl-diademed, on the presence or absence of a cross in the reverse left field, on the precise form of the device inside the labarum, and on the presence or absence of various stars and/or dots in the exergue (and/or above it) in addition to the officina number. So it&#039;s no wonder that this variant is apparently not specifically listed in RIC. The Sear RCV V 19267 catalog entry appears to be the closest description (citing Depeyrot II), since I don&#039;t have access to Depeyrot itself.&nbsp; (If anyone does, and could check p. 281 for me, I&#039;d appreciate it.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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