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ID number: BIRBI-LR0117 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gratian; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 378-383 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.49 Weight (g): 5.42 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3993. A. H. Baldwin, 1963. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Gratian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed, helmeted, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand. Reverse: Emperor on ship raising r. hand, behind him a Victory.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N GRATIA NVS P F HVC (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIH RO MANOAVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: CON B (Constantinopolis 2).
Bibliography: RIC IX 52a
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