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ID number: BIRBI-R3456 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): 2.22 Weight (g): 4.93 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3553. Purchased in Paris, 1957. |

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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 MHCNEN ENTIVN ΛVG (our lord Magnentius Augustus). Reverse: GLORI ROMIIRORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: TRS [upturned crescent] (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 271 var.
Notes: Obverse inscription reads MAGNENENTIVS instead of MAGNENTIVS.
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