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ID number: BIRBI-R3379 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 337-347 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.61 Weight (g): 1.40 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3338. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. diademed. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, each with spear in their outer hand and a shield in their inner hand, between them one standard.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTAN TIVS AVC (Constantius Augustus). Reverse: CLOΠ IA EXERC ITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: CMAN… (Antiochia 1)
Bibliography: RIC VIII 54
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