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ID number: BIRBI-R2988 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Claudius II Gothicus; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 317-318 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 2.91 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 975. Presented by Mr C. C. Oman, 1928. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Claudius, wearing laureated veil and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, veiled and draped, seated facing l. in curule chair, raising r. hand and holding sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DIVᴗ CLHVDIO OPTIMO IMP (Divine Claudius, Best Imperator). Reverse: REQVIES OPT-IMOR MERIT (To the Retirement of the Best [of Emperors]). In Exergue: QP
Bibliography: RIC VII 106
Notes: According to RIC, the [R]P in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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