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ID number: BIRBI-R3364 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Sirmium Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: Serbia, Sremska Mitrovica Culture: Roman Date made: 351-355 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.11 Weight (g): 3.15 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1751. W. S. Lincoln, 1933. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTHN TIVS P F HVG (our lord Constantius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VO…IS / XXX / MVLTIS / XXXX (prayers for 30 years of rule, more for the 40th anniversary). Mint mark: · SIRM · (mint of Sirmium).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 17 var.
Notes: Mint mark is · SIRM · when · SIRM was expected
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