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ID number: BIRBI-R3328 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Constantine I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 333-335 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.83 Weight (g): 2.67 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3336. Ex P.D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. cuirassed, laureate. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, each with spear in their outer hand and a shield in their inner hand, between them two standards.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C (Flavius Julius Constantius most noble Caesar). Reverse: GΓOA IA EXERC ITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: SMAL A (Alexandria 1)
Bibliography: RIC VII 60
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