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ID number: BIRBI-R3387 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 350-355 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.29 Weight (g): 6.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 140. W. H. Valentine, 1917. |
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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.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTAN TIVS D P A… (our lord Constantius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: DEL T□MP RN PARATIO (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: AN Θ (Antiochia 8).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 135
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