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ID number: BIRBI-R3360 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Siscia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Croatia, Sisak Culture: Roman Date made: 355-361 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.66 Weight (g): 1.94 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1750. W. S. Lincoln, 1933. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with globe in r. hand and spear in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D … OESTAN TIVS F □ HVC (our lord Constantius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SPES …EI PVBLICE (hope of the Republic). Mint mark: B SIS [star] (2 Siscia).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 396
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