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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0097
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Gratian; Arelate
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  367-375
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.93
Weight (g):  2.55
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 639. Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1949.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Gratian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with Chi-Ro in r. hand and shield in l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N GRHTIHNVS HVGG ΛVC (our lord Gratian Augustus [under the] Augusti). Reverse: …IH NO VI SHECVLI (glory of a new era). Mint mark: illegible.

Bibliography:  RIC IX 15

Notes:  Mint mark is CON

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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1899
1981-09-14
Arelate
Roman


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