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ID number:  BIRBI-R3459
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):  2.46
Weight (g):  5.08
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 822. W. Gilbert, 1924.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Magnentius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard bearing the Chi-Ro in l. hand and crowning Victory over orb in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IM CAE MC… (Imperator Caesar Magnentius Augustus). Reverse: FELICITAZ RE… (prosperity of the Republic). Mint mark: TR… (mint of Treveri).

Bibliography:  RIC VIII 264-267 var.

Notes:  Bust depicted with diadem.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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