/internal/media/dispatcher/1228216/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNecklace mounted with gold coin of Emperor ValensA.D. 364-378Length: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.) necklace
Overall: 3.7 x 3.3 x 0.6 cm (1 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in.) pendantGoldTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour65.11The pendant with the gold coin or solidus of Emperor Valens (AD 364-378) is set in a palmette and dart mount and comes with a figure “8” loop-in-loop chain with a Herakles know fastener.
Only the obverse of the coin is visible, the reverse is blocked by a gold sheet disc.
Obverse legend: DNVALENS PERFAVG (Dominus Noster Valens Perpetuus Felix Augustus)
Reverse ?: RESTITVTOTRREI PVBLICAE?)
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