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ID number: BIRBI-R3374 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Roman Date made: 348-351 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.39 Weight (g): 5.07 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3583. A. H. Baldwin, 1960. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: standing soldier, cuirassed, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand, spearing soldier fallen from horse, raising a hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTHN TIIIS P P MIIG (our lord Constantius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: FEL TEMP HE PHRHTIO (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: CONS IH [star] (Constantinopolis 11).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 81
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