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ID number: BIRBI-R3491 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantius Gallus; Constantius II; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 352-354 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.3 Weight (g): 4.31 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2548. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius Gallus, facing r. draped, cuirassed. Reverse: standing soldier, cuirassed, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand spearing soldier riding fallen horse.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N PL CL CONSTΠNTI… NOB CÆS (our lord Flavius Claudius Constantius most noble Caesar). Reverse: FEL TEMP RE PHRR… (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: AC… (mint of Roma).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 258
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