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ID number: BIRBI-R3419 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans I; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 348-350 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.04 Weight (g): 3.21 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3680. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans, 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: …NSTH NS P F RVC (our lord Constans pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: FEL TE… (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: SLC (mint of Lugdunum).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 84
Notes: Very much degraded since photograhed
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