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ID number: BIRBI-R2521 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius I; Maximian; Lugdunum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 293-294 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 2.97 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1582. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped, seated facing l., holding baton in r. and sceptre in l.; globe at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VHL CONSTHNTIIS NOB C (Flavius Valerius Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: PROVIDE-N-T DEOR (Foresight of the Gods). In Exergue: II
Bibliography: RIC V 636
Notes: According to RIC, the II in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.
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