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ID number: BIRBI-R3451 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Magnentius; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 350-353 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.21 Weight (g): 5.01 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1336. W. S. Lincoln, 1931. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Magnentius, facing r. draped, cuirassed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard bearing the Chi-Ro in l. hand and crowning Victory in r. hand, over boat, behind him a Victory rowing.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IM CAE MACII ENTIVS AVC (Imperator Caesar Magnentius Augustus). Reverse: CEL TEMP REPARATIO (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: …P (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 260
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