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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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