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ID number:  BIRBI-R3361
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Constantius II; Sirmium
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Europe: Serbia, Sremska Mitrovica
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  351-355
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.1
Weight (g):  4.57
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 32. Sir E. Goff, December 1948.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing 3/4 r. cuirassed, helmeted, with shield with horserider in l. hand and spear in r. hand. Reverse: enclosed inscription held by enthroned Roma and Constantinopolis.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FL IVL CONSTAN TIVS PERP AVC (Flavius Julius Constantius eternal Augustus). Reverse: VOT XXX / MVLT / XXXX (prayers for 30 years of rule, more for the 40th anniversary). Peripheral: GLORIA REI PVBLICHE (glory of the Republic). Mint mark: · SIRM [laurel branch] (mint of Sirmium).

Bibliography:  RIC VIII 5

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Whitting, Philip David
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