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ID number:  BIRBI-R2676
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Crete Hoard
Maker:  Severus II; Siscia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Croatia, Sisak
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  305-306
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.80
Weight (g):  9.34
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 343. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1921 - found in hoard in Crete.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Severus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Concordia, draped, standing facing l., leaning on sceptre with r. and ; VI in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FL VHL SEVERVS NOB C (Flavius Valerius Severus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CONCORDI-H IMPERII (Harmony of the Emperors as Commanders in Chief). In Exergue: SISH

Bibliography:  RIC VI 173A

Notes:  According to RIC, the SISH in the exergue of the reverse and VI in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Siscia.

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