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ID number: BIRBI-R3156 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Fausta; Constantine I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 325-326 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.28 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 315. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |

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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: FLΔV MΔX FΔVSTΔ ΔVC (Flavia Maximiana Fausta Augusta). Reverse: SPES REIP-VBLICΔE (The Hope of the Republic). In Exergue: SMALB
Bibliography: RIC VII 40
Notes: According to RIC, the SMALB in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Alexandria.
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