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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2988
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Claudius II Gothicus; Rome
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  317-318
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  2.91
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 975. Presented by Mr C. C. Oman, 1928.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Claudius, wearing laureated veil and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, veiled and draped, seated facing l. in curule chair, raising r. hand and holding sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DIVᴗ CLHVDIO OPTIMO IMP (Divine Claudius, Best Imperator). Reverse: REQVIES OPT-IMOR MERIT (To the Retirement of the Best [of Emperors]). In Exergue: QP

Bibliography:  RIC VII 106

Notes:  According to RIC, the [R]P in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.

4 Related People

Claudius II Gothicus
Roman
214
270
Constantine I
Roman
272
337
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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