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ID number: BIRBI-R3388 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: 355-361 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.11 Weight (g): 4.26 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1340. A. H. Baldwin, 3rd of February 1964, from Beirut, 1958. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing 3/4 r. cuirassed, helmeted, with shield with horserider in l. hand and spear in r. hand. Reverse: enclosed inscription held by enthroned Roma and Constantinopolis.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL IVL CONSTAN TIVS PEEP AVC (Flavius Julius Constantius eternal Augustus). Reverse: VOT XXX / HVIT / XXXX (prayers for 30 years of rule, more for the 40th anniversary). Peripheral: CLORIA REI PVRLICAB (glory of the Republic). Mint mark: SMAN I (Antiochia 9).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 165
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