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ID number: BIRBI-R3393 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: 348-350 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.18 Weight (g): 3.86 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 4114. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1966. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing l. draped, cuirassed, diademed, with globe in r. hand. Reverse: soldier, cuirassed, with spear in l. hand leading figure out of hut under three branches.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTAN TIVS P C AVC (our lord Constantius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: Γ·CL PEMP VL:PA MATIO (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: ALE Γ (Alexandria 3).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 66
Notes: Vestages of gilding.
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