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ID number: BIRBI-R3444 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 348-350 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.09 Weight (g): 4.92 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 4108. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1966. |

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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 one branch.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTA IIS P □ AVC (our lord Constans pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: FEL TEMP REPA RATIO (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: ALE Γ (Alexandria 3).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 60
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