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ID number: BIRBI-R3304 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Langwith Hoard Maker: Constantius II; Constantine I; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 330-331 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.82 Weight (g): 2.77 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 865. Spink, 1924, from a find at Langwith, near York. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, laureate. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, standing each with spear in their outer hand and a shield in their inner hand, between them two standards.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C (Flavius Julius Constantius most noble Caesar). Reverse: GLOR IA EXERC ITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: SLC (mint of Lugdunum).
Bibliography: RIC VII 240
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