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ID number: BIRBI-R3352 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantius II; Rome Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 352-355 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.18 Weight (g): 4.19 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 1356. A. H. Baldwin, 25th of February 1964. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing 3/4 r. cuirassed, helmeted, with shield in l. hand and spear in r. hand. Reverse:inscription within laurel wreath held by enthroned Roma and Constantinopolis.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL IVL CONSTIIN TIVS PERP ΛVC (Flavius Julius Constantius eternal Augustus). Reverse: VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX (prayers for 20 years of rule, more for the 30th anniversary). Peripheral: GLORIA REI PVBLICAE (glory of the Republic). Mint mark: RZ (mint of Rome)
Bibliography: RIC VIII 227
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