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    "localId": "25125",
    "label": "Solidus of Valentinian I",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.689"
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    "id": "25125",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.689",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Solidus of Valentinian I",
    "description": "Obverse: Bust of Valentinian I, diademed, draped and cuirassed, right; beaded border.  Reverse: Emperor, dressed in military uniform, standing frontal, head turned right, holding labrum (late Roman standard) in right hand, Victory atop and orb in left hand; Victory faces left, crowns the emperor with a wreath; in exergue, palm leaf symbol to right (control mark); beaded border.",
    "provenance": "Charles Morley, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase.",
    "date": "364-365 CE (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.689",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "coins"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_59.689_Fnt_Neg_H46.jpg",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Max diam: 13/16 in. (2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Roman",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription",
        "Latin; obverse] D(ominus) N(oster) VALENTINIANVS P(ius) F(elix) AVG(ustus) [Translation] Our Lord Valentinian",
        "pious",
        "lucky",
        "Augustus [Inscription",
        "Latin; reverse] RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE; in exergue",
        "• R(omae) P(ercussa) [Translation] Restorer of the Republic; struck at Rome"
    ],
    "reign": "Valentinian I (AD 364-75)",
    "med": "gold; struck",
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        "6191"
    ],
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        "NUM",
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_59.689_Fnt_Neg_H46.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6942ce1e01ac8b8f"
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