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ID number: BIRBI-R3440 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans I; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 337-347 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.54 Weight (g): 1.44 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3317. 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: CONST ΛNS AVG (Constans Augustus). Reverse: GLOR IA EXERC ITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: S…Z (Antioch 6).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 48 var.
Notes: Mint mark ending in Z not recorded for this type
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