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ID number: BIRBI-R3150 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Theodora; Constantius II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Roman Date made: 337-340 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 1.60 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 4099. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection by exchange, 1966. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Theodora, wearing laurel wreath, mantled with necklace, facing r. Reverse: Pietas, draped, standing frontally with head facing r., carrying an infant at breast.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL MAX THEO-DORHE HVC (Flavia Maximiana Theodora Augusta). Reverse: PIETAS BOMHNH (Roman Piety). In Exergue: CONSC
Bibliography: RIC VIII 50
Notes: According to RIC, the CONS[E] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Constantinople.
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