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ID number: BIRBI-R3449 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: 353 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.8 Weight (g): 7.61 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 69. W. S. Lincoln, 1916. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Magnentius, facing r. draped, cuirassed. Reverse: Chi-Ro with alpha and omega.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N MAGNEN TIVS P F AVC (our lord Magnentius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SALVS DD NN AVG □T CHES (health of our lords Augustus and Caesar). Mint mark: AMB (mint of Ambianum).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 34
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