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ID number: BIRBI-R3343 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: 353-355 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.01 Weight (g): 3.01 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 4110. Ex P.D. Whitting Collection, 1966. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: standing soldier, cuirassed, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand, spearing soldier fallen from horse, raising l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N CONSTHN TIVS P F AVG (our lord Constantius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARATIO (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: PCON (mint of Arelate)
Bibliography: RIC VIII 215
Notes: Struck in the period when Arelate was called Constantia
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