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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3454
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):  2.26
Weight (g):  4.85
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1337. A. H. Baldwin, 1958.
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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 kneeling figure. Under the horse a shield and a broken spear.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: O N MACNE… TIVS P F AVG (our lord Magnentius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: ·LOIIA ROMANORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: TAP [upturned crescent] (mint of Treveri).

Bibliography:  RIC VIII 271

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Magnentius
Roman
303
353
Treveri
Roman


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