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ID number: BIRBI-R3445 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Magnentius; Ambianum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Hauts-de-France, Amiens Culture: Roman Date made: 350 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.49 Weight (g): 5.28 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 39. A. H. Baldwin, 1920. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Magnentius, facing r. draped, cuirassed. Reverse: horse rider with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand spearing figure. Under the horse a shield and a broken spear.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N MACNEN TIVS P F AVC (our lord Magnentius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIA ROMANOAVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: AMB (mint of Ambianum).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 4
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