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ID number: BIRBI-R2989 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: Fractional Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 306-337 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 1.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 4012. Ex F. Heeley Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1963. |

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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: DIVC CLRVDLO OPTIRO L...P (Divine Claudius, Best Imperator). Reverse: REVΠIɛS DVIIMV-RVY MERITHDVM (To the Retirement of the Best [of Emperors]). In Exergue: RP
Bibliography: RIC V.I 299 var. OR RIC VII 109 var.
Notes: According to RIC, the RP in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome. This coin could be a commemorative issue for Claudius II Gothicus after his death (RIC V.I 299 - var. mintmark) or part of the Constantinian commemorative series (RIC VII 109 - var. obverse). Coin has degraded since photograph from 1980s attached to this record.
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