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ID number: BIRBI-R3346 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 348-350 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.07 Weight (g): 3.79 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 4013. A. H. Baldwin, 1963, ex. H.V. Wade Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing l. draped, cuirassed, diademed, with globe in r. hand. Reverse: soldier, cuirassed, with spear in l. hand leading figure out of hut under three branches.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTAN TIVS P F AUC (our lord Constantius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARAT… (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: RS (mint of Rome)
Bibliography: RIC VIII 157
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