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ID number: BIRBI-R3381 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Beirut 1958 Hoard Maker: Constantius II; Antioch Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 347-355 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.43 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Whitting 1339. A. H. Baldwin, 3rd of February 1964, from Beirut, 1958. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: enclosed inscription held by enthroned Roma and Constantinopolis.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL IVL CONSTAN TIVS PERP AVG (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: SMAN Z (Antioch 6).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 81
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