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ID number: BIRBI-LR0225 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Theodosius I; Nicomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Late Roman Date made: 379-383 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.4 Weight (g): 5.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 22. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed, helmeted, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, on ship raising r. hand, behind him a Victory.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N THEODO SIVS P F AVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLOΠIΛ ΠO VANORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: ·SMN Γ (Nicomedia 3).
Bibliography: RIC IX 25c
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