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ID number: BIRBI-R3151 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): 1.75 Weight (g): 1.12 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 2156. Spink, 1942. |
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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 TAE.-ᴖDORHE AVC (Flavia Maximiana Theodora Augusta). Reverse: PICTHS c'HΔNΔ• (Roman Piety). In Exergue: CONSS
Bibliography: RIC VIII 36
Notes: According to RIC, the CONS[E] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Constantinople.
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