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ID number: BIRBI-R3436 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans I; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 337-340 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.73 Weight (g): 1.82 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3316. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, each with spear in their outer hand and a shield in their inner hand, between them one standard.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANS P F AVC (Constans pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: GLORI A EXER CITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: SMTS Δ (Thessalonica 4).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 57
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