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ID number: BIRBI-R3332 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantius II; Treveri Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 347-348 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.29 Weight (g): 4.52 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1360. A. H. Baldwin, 10th of April 1964. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription within laurel wreath held by two Victories facing inward.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANTI VS AVGVSTVS (Constantius Augustus). Reverse: VOT XX MVLT XXX (prayers for 20 years of rule, more for his 30th anniversary). Peripheral: VICTORIAE DD NN AVCG (victories of our lords Augusti). Mint mark: TR (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 132
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