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ID number: BIRBI-R3492 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius Gallus; Constantius II; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 352-354 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.06 Weight (g): 4.54 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3588. A. H. Baldwin, 1960. |
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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, stepping on shield, spearing soldier riding fallen horse.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FL ·L CO□SΓΛNTIVS ΠOD CΛFS (our lord Flavius Claudius Constantius most noble Caesar). Reverse: FEL TEM RE ΓMVMTI… (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: RE (mint of Roma).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 268
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