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ID number: BIRBI-R3472 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): 2.19 Weight (g): 3.58 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 4131. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection by exchange, 1967. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Magnentius, facing r. draped, cuirassed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard bearing the Chi-Ro in r. hand and olive branch in l. hand,in his l. a captive kneeling.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IM CAE MHGN ENTIIIS AIIG (Imperator Caesar Magnentius Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA HVC LIB ROMANOR (victory of the Augustus, liberator of the Romans). Mint mark: RP (mint of Roma).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 193
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