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ID number: BIRBI-R3362 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantius II; Sirmium Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: Serbia, Sremska Mitrovica Culture: Roman Date made: 351-355 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.12 Weight (g): 2.16 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2065. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTAN TIVS P F AVΕ (our lord Constantius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VOTIS / XXX / MVLTIS / XXXX (prayers for 30 years of rule, more for the 40th anniversary). Mint mark: SIAM (mint of Sirmium).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 15
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