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ID number: BIRBI-R3389 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: 355-361 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.06 Weight (g): 4.36 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1360. W. S. Lincoln, 1931. |

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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 PERP AVC (Flavius Julius Constantius eternal Augustus). Reverse: VOT XXX / MVLT / XXXX (prayers for 30 years of rule, more for the 40th anniversary). Peripheral: CLORIA REI PVBLICAE (glory of the Republic). Mint mark: SMAN Z (Antiochia 6).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 165
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