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ID number: BIRBI-R3402 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans I; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 340 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.75 Weight (g): 1.69 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3331. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans, 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: CONSTAN… P F HVO (Constans pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLOΠI A EXER CITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: TΛS [upturnt crescent] (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 111
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