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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

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constans I
Roman

350
Treveri
Roman


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