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ID number: BIRBI-R3438 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans I; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Roman Date made: 348-351 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.32 Weight (g): 3.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 4119. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans, facing l. draped, cuirassed, diademed, with globe in r. hand. Reverse: soldier, cuirassed, with spear in l. hand leading figure out of hut under three branches.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTH NS P C AIIC (our lord Constans pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: FEL TEMP RCPH RHTIO (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: CONS I [star] (Constantinopolis 9).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 88
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