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ID number: BIRBI-R3153 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Langwith Hoard Maker: Fausta; Constantine I; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 326 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.32 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 855. From a find near Langwith, Yorkshire, Spink, 1924. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Fausta, bare, with small ornamentation at base of hair, mantled with necklace, facing r. Reverse: Salus, draped and veiled, standing frontally with head facing l., holding two children in her arms.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVC (Flavia Maximiana Fausta Augusta). Reverse: SALVS REI-PVBLIGHE (To the Health of the Republic). In Exergue: STRᴗ̊
Bibliography: RIC VIII 483
Notes: According to RIC, the STRᴗ̊ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri.
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