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ID number: BIRBI-R3455 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): 2.23 Weight (g): 5.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3585. A. H. Baldwin, 1960. |

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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: D N MACNEN TIVS P F AXC (our lord Magnentius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLVRIA ROMANORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: TRS [upturned crescent] (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 271
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