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ID number: BIRBI-R3437 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans I; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 348-350 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.94 Weight (g): 1.77 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 4107. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1966. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard bearing the Chi-Ro in l. hand and phoenix over globe in r. hand, over boat, behind him a Victory rowing.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTA NS P F AVG (our lord Constans pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: FEL TEMP REPABATIO (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: TES Γ (Thessalonica 3).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 109
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