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ID number: BIRBI-R3154 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Fausta; Constantine I; Arelate Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles Culture: Roman Date made: 324-325 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 2.92 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 1528. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Fausta, bare, mantled with necklace, facing r. Reverse: Spes, draped and veiled, standing frontally with head facing l., holding two children in her arms.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CLAV MAX FAVSTA AVC (Flavia Maximiana Fausta Augusta). Reverse: SPES REI-PVBLICAE (The Hope of the Republic). In Exergue: Q*AR•
Bibliography: RIC VIII 285
Notes: According to RIC, the Q*AR• in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Arelate.
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