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ID number: BIRBI-R2615 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantius I; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 305 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 9.20 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4603. Ex Sydenham Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 16th November 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Moneta, draped, standing facing l., holding scales in r. and cornucopia in l.;* in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C CONSTHNTIVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Constantius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SHC MON VRB HVCC ET CHESS HN (The Sacred Money of the City of Our Two Emperors and Two Caesars). In Exergue: RP
Bibliography: RIC VI 120A
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the RP in the exergue on the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Rome.
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