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ID number: BIRBI-R3333 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Treveri Denomination: Miliarense Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 342-343, 347 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.37 Weight (g): 4.04 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1178. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two tied captives under a inscribed standard.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL IVL CONSTAN TIVS P F HVG (Flavius Julius Constantius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VOT / V / MVLT / X (prayers for 5 years of rule, more for his 10th anniversary). Peripheral: GHVDIVM A OMANORUM (joy of the Romans). Mint mark: TR (mint of Treveri)
Bibliography: RIC VIII 154 var.
Notes: Possible mule between 160 variant C and 154
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