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ID number: BIRBI-R3390 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 340 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.48 Weight (g): 1.56 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3340. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, laureate. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, each with spear in their outer hand and a shield in their inner hand, between them one standard.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANTIVS AVC (Constantius Augustus). Reverse: GLO… IA EXERC ITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: SMAL B (Alexandria 2).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 18
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