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ID number: BIRBI-R3488 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Vetranio; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 350 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 4.84 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 539. Vautier and Collignon, 1922. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Vetranio, facing r. draped, cuirassed, laureate, bearded. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, holding two standards with the Chi-Ro, one in each hand, and surmounted by star.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D M VETRAN IO P F HVC (our lord Vetranio pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CVNCORDIA ΠILITVM (harmony of the soldiers). Mint mark: ·TS A· (Thessalonica 1).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 132
Notes: Exhibited at the Royal Numismatic Society on the 21st of December, 1922.
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