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ID number: BIRBI-R3450 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Magnentius; Treveri Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 350-353 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.07 Weight (g): 2.84 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1765. A. H. Baldwin, 1933. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Magnentius, facing r. draped, cuirassed. Reverse: Soldier, cuirassed, helmeted, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IM CAE MAGN ENTIVS AVN (Imperator Caesar Magnentius Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS EXERCITI (virtue of the army). Mint mark: TR (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 256
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