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ID number: BIRBI-R3152 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Langwith Hoard Maker: Fausta; Constantine I; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 324-325 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.31 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 856. From a find near Langwith, Yorkshire, Spink, 1924. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Fausta, bare, mantled with necklace, facing r. Reverse: Salus, draped and veiled, standing frontally with head facing l., holding two children in her arms.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FLHV.MΛX. FAVSTA ΛVC (Flavia Maximiana Fausta Augusta). Reverse: SƆLVS REI-PVBLICHb (To the Health of the Republic). In Exergue: PLG
Bibliography: RIC VIII 235
Notes: According to RIC, the PLG in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.
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