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ID number: BIRBI-LR0450 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Eugenius; Lugdunum Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Late Roman Date made: 392-394 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.05 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2597. Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Eugenius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma, seated on cuirass, with crowning Victory in r. hand and spear in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N EUGENI VS P P AVC (our lord Eugenius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VRBS ROMA (the city of Rome). Mint mark: LVGPS (mint of Lugdunum).
Bibliography: RIC IX 46
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