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ID number: BIRBI-R3434 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans I; Thessalonica Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 337-340 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.19 Weight (g): 4.58 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1103. A. H. Baldwin, 1962, ex Lockett Collection 209, ex Vierordt Collection 2719. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory facing r. holding trophy on spear in r. hand and palm branch in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL IVL CON STANS P F AVC (Flavius Julius Constans pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA DD NN AVGG (Victory of our lords Augusti). Mint mark: TES (Thessalonica 5).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 13 var.
Notes: Mint mark is TES when TS Ε was expected.
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