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ID number: BIRBI-R3340 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Arelate Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles Culture: Roman Date made: 337-340 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.7 Weight (g): 1.59 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3337. Ex P.D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, each with spear in their outer hand and a shield in their inner hand, between them one standard.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONST MNYIVJ AVC (Imperator Constantius Augustus). Reverse: GLOR IA EXEHC ITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: PCONST (mint of Arelate)
Bibliography: RIC VIII 5
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