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ID number: BIRBI-R3494 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius Gallus; Constantius II; Siscia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Croatia, Sisak Culture: Roman Date made: 351-354 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.82 Weight (g): 2.21 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3794. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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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, raising a hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTHNTIVS IVN NOB C (our lord Constantius the Younger most noble Caesar). Reverse: FHL THMD REPARIITIO (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: B SIS (2 Siscia).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 351
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