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ID number: BIRBI-R3471 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Magnentius; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 350 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.54 Weight (g): 5.53 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1340. A. H. Baldwin, 1931. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Magnentius, facing r. draped, cuirassed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard bearing an eagle in r. hand and olive branch in l. hand steping on a captive.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C□E MAGN ENTIVS AVC (Imperator Caesar Magnentius Augustus). Reverse: VICΓORIA AVç LIB ROMANOR (victory of the Augustus, liberator of the Romans). Mint mark: R·F·P (mint of Roma).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 179
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