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Link from a Coin Belt

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Date: A.D. 379–395
Medium: Gold and enamel
Culture: Roman
Department: Implements
Institution: Getty Museum

The belt link (belonging with 83.AM.224) consists of a square setting containing a gold solidus of Valentinianus I (A.D. 364-375) issued in Nicomedia. The obverse image is a bust of the emperor wearing a beaded diadem. The reverse image is a standing emperor with vexillum and crowning Victory.

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