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ID number: BIRBI-LR0485 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Theodosius II; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Late Roman Date made: 408-423 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 1.92 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 84. Second hand shop in Shepherd's Bush Road run by W. Morgan, 1913. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two Emperors, cuirassed, with spear in outer hand and shield in inner hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ...ΠEODO TIVS P P ΠVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIA ROMA NORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: TCS… (mint of Thessalonica).
Bibliography: RIC X 396
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