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ID number: BIRBI-R3417 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans I; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 348-350 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.12 Weight (g): 4.56 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3682. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans, facing l. draped, cuirassed, diademed, with globe in r. hand. Reverse: soldier, cuirassed, with spear in l. hand leading figure out of hut under four branches.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTA NS P F AVG (our lord Constans pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: FEL · TEMP · REPH AT… (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: TnP (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 221
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