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ID number: BIRBI-R3149 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Theodora; Constantine II; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 337-340 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.53 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1356. A. H. Baldwin, 1931. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Theodora, wearing laurel wreath, mantled, facing r. Reverse: Pietas, draped, standing frontally with head facing r., carrying an infant at breast.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL MΛX THLD-DORAE HVC (Flavia Maximiana Theodora Augusta). Reverse: PIETAƆ ROMHNH (Roman Piety). In Exergue: ΓΠS[branch]
Bibliography: RIC VIII 91 var
Notes: According to RIC, the [TR]S[branch] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri. As opposed to the RIC type, this coin shows no necklace on the obverse.
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