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ID number: BIRBI-LR0202 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Theodosius I; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Late Roman Date made: 384-388 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.73 Weight (g): 1.98 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1386. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing l. draped, diademed, with sceptre in l. hand and mappa in r. hand. Reverse: camp gate with two towers and Christogram over it.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CHEODO SIVS P F ΛVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIA REI BVBLICE (glory of the Republic). Mint mark: TCC (mint of Thessalonica).
Bibliography: RIC IX 59b
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