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ID number: BIRBI-R2595 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius I; Maximian; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 303-305 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 9.48 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3448. A. H. Baldwin, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VHL CONSTΛNTIVS NOB C (Flavius Valerius Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CENIO POPV-LI ROMΛNI (The Genius of the Roman People).
Bibliography: RIC VI 30
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