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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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