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ID number: BIRBI-R3403 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans I; Treveri Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 347-348 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.12 Weight (g): 3.48 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting unnumbered. December 1948, ex E. Goff Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription enclosed by laurel wreath held by two Victories.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNS ΛVCIISTVS (Constans Augustus). Reverse: VOT X / IIIILT / ΛX (prayers for 10 years of rule, more for the 20th anniversary). Peripheral: VICTORIHE DD NN AVCC (Victories of our lords Augusti). Mint mark: TP. (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 131
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