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ID number: BIRBI-LR0004 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Jovian; Siscia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Croatia, Sisak Culture: Late Roman Date made: 363-364 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.07 Weight (g): 3.22 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4737. A. H. Baldwin, August 1964. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Jovian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N IOVIA NVS PF AVG (our lord Jovian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VOT / V / MVLT / X (prayers for 5 years of rule, more for the 10th anniversary). Mint mark: B SYSC (2 Siscia).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 426
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