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ID number: BIRBI-R3382 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Antioch Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 347-355 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.2 Weight (g): 4.53 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 139. A. H. Baldwin, 1921. |
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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 H (Antioch 7).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 83
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